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  1. 20-Mar-2011, 08:41 #1
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    Default as the day ... on

    As the day wore/went/moved/drew/dragged/grew/got on, things didn't improve very much.

    Do all the verbs above work for the sentence?
    Thank you in advance.
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    Default Re: as the day ... on

    Quote Originally Posted by joham View Post
    As the day wore/went/moved/drew/dragged/grew/got on, things didn't improve very much.
    For me, grew on definitely does not work; drew on does not sound very natural. I suspect, however, that I would not notice them if I heard or read them in a longer passage. The others are fine.
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