| Re: at a time, at one time |
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| Mike (w8ry@dragonSKIP-THISbbs.com) |
2004/01/14 22:30 |
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"I can do two things at a time" means that I can do both things at the =
SAME time. =20
"At one time", I was able to do two things at a time. This means "Some =
time ago, I was able to do two things at a time." (It implies that I =
can no longer do this.)
<honlong@englishdaily626.com> wrote in message =
news:3f972522_1@news.tm.net.my...
What is the difference between this two phrases ? they are confusing =
somehow
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