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Bookmark or Share- in/ over the last/ past few decades | WordReference ForumsItalian. Nov 15, 2006. #1. Hi! I would like to know whether this sentence is correct: In this passage, the speaker discusses how the American attitude towards Europe has changed in/ over the last/ past few decades due to the development of the latter continent. Can the expression the latter continent be used in this context, referring to Europe?
- Decades' worth or decades worth | WordReference ForumsWhat got me thinking is, while the quiz uses decades' worth, the original New York Times article uses decades worth. bicontinental said: Thanks for the link to the quiz, by the way! I just finished it and decades' worth is indeed the correct answer they are looking for. T.
- decade's experience - WordReference ForumsJun 29, 2012. #5. It's fine. Both are fine. A decade's experience is a decade of experience, and they're both equally natural and very common. One oddity that might give you pause is that this doesn't follow the usual reverse of positions with genitive and 'of' expressions: the king's daughter = the daughter of the king. But it just doesn't.
- for over three decades vs over three decades - WordReference Forumsfor over three decades ＝ for more than three decades. (because this "over" is used as an adverb) over three decades ≒ for three decades. (because this "over" is used as a preposition) over the past few decades＝for three decades including some point in the past or including the present (depending on the verb tense) Is this way of thinking ...
- last decade vs past decade | WordReference ForumsIn this meaning "a decade" is a ten year period with the same first 3 numbers (like 2010-2019 or 2020-2029). People talk about different decades, just like they talk about different centuries. With "last/past", a different meaning of "decade" is "the ten-year-long period ending today". For example: Susan has grown taller in the last decade ...
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