Timeline for Perfect tense + +'for' vs. Perfect tense + 'over/during'
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| Jun 27, 2021 at 17:04 | comment | added | GJC | @EdwinAshworth Also variants such as in/during the course of: These phrases have been criticized as needlessly wordy ( in or during alone are adequate), but they have an emphatic rhythm that keeps them alive | |
| Jun 27, 2021 at 17:00 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @GJC 'Over the course of' is not 'over', but a fixed expression with not necessarily (in fact, obviously not) the same grammatical requirements. | |
| Jun 27, 2021 at 16:56 | comment | added | GJC | @EdwinAshworth Over the course of the exam, it broke ? | |
| Jun 27, 2021 at 16:46 | history | edited | DW256 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 27, 2021 at 16:45 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Yes, I'd say analysis has to focus on the aspectual. (1) (being married) is durative over the 7-year period. (2) is difficult. I'd say it's summative, though almost certainly the events involved were iterative. It's not a progressive change that is highlighted (though a cumulative bar chart of fallen rain would do so), rather a final announcement of the 2 years' precipitation total. (3) certainly speaks directly of a gradual transformation. I'd say 'during' and 'over' can be swapped here, but the Collins' analysis needs refining. 'Over the exam, my pen broke' doesn't work, for instance. | |
| Jun 27, 2021 at 12:03 | comment | added | DW256 | I see no conflict between that comment and this answer. Both pointed out that we may switch one preposition for another in certain situations. I also agree that in certain situations the interpretation will be similar regardless of which preposition is used. Where this answer goes one step further is pointing out that the aspectual interpretation of certain situations can be affected by the choice of preposition, and certain situations disallow one or more choice(s) of preposition due to the way in which the situation is understood to develop over time. | |
| Jun 27, 2021 at 11:43 | comment | added | GJC | Fumblefingers doesn't agree with you ell.stackexchange.com/questions/282473/… | |
| Apr 23, 2021 at 9:24 | comment | added | GJC | Isn't the key here that for both examples the author is using the present perfect? | |
| Apr 10, 2021 at 14:49 | history | answered | DW256 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |