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Vincent Teo

#514925 Sat, 17 May 08 05:07 PM

Can I say,

Last Monday in the morning, it was raining continuously for three days.

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Avangi

#514928 Sat, 17 May 08 05:20 PM

Last Monday in the morning, it had been raining continuously for three days.

This seems an unlikely sentence. The contrasting scale puts you off balance. If it's been raining for three days, it doesn't much matter if it's morning or afternoon. If you were going to use this in a paragraph, you'd probably begin with the large scale, and then shift to the small scale in another sentence.

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New2grammar

#514931 Sat, 17 May 08 05:35 PM

Is it acceptable to say "Last Monday in the morning"?Shouldn't it be Last Monday morning?

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Avangi

#514934 Sat, 17 May 08 05:45 PM

I'd say it's acceptable, with an optional comma, especially if you wish to emphasize the time of day.

Avangi

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Mighty Joseph

#514938 Sat, 17 May 08 05:53 PM

Yeah, it bet it's right to say that, most especially if you mean that the action happened at a certain time of the day, which, in this case, is "in the morning" and not in the afternoon or in the evening. I hope this has shed some light.

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New2grammar

#514945 Sat, 17 May 08 06:12 PM

Thanks, Avangi and MJ.

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khoff

#514983 Sat, 17 May 08 08:30 PM

"Last Monday, in the morning," is possible, but "Last Monday morning" would be more natural in most situations.

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Huevos

#514992 Sat, 17 May 08 09:15 PM

Vincent Teo
Last Monday in the morning, it was raining continuously for three days.

"Last monday morning" and "it was raining continuously for three days" are two non-related timelines. What's the connection between the two?

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Avangi

#515033 Sun, 18 May 08 12:25 AM

That was my point. They would need to be developed separately and then connected, or something like that. Unfortunately, this is a game we have to play, since we deal with isolated single sentences most of the time. We applaud the "most common" and reject the others.

- A.

Avangi

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