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Barbirolli



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:44 am    Post subject: I need you help! Reply with quote

Hello,teachers!
Could you check to see if the sentences below are coreect and natural, please?

I usually read late at night. I often realise that it is in the morning without knowing it.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

correct, not coreect.

Your first sentence is okay but the second is not. You can say 'It is often morning before I know it.'

You can combine the two sentences to read 'I usually read late (at)(into the) night and it is often morning before I know it.'

"before (I)(you)(etc) know it" is a phrase that expresses time going by much faster than one appreciates.
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