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Old 16-Aug-2007, 14:08
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I spent a great deal of time in this forum yesterday.

I spent a great deal of time since I joined in this forum.


How would you read these two sentences?

To me, a great deal of time = much. So in the both sentence the phrase "a great deal of time" simply means "(I spent) very much time", I think.

But I will be happy if you tell me how would you read the above two sentences.
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Old 16-Aug-2007, 16:00
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1. I spent a great deal of time in this forum yesterday.
2. I spent a great deal of time since I joined in this forum.

The phrase a great deal of time is another way of saying a lot of time.

Does that help?
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Old 17-Aug-2007, 06:48
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Does that help?
Yes ! vey much.

I would spend a great deal of my time in this forum.

Is this sentence correct? And how would you read it?

Please help me.

I can understand it as, "I used to spend much time(e.g. 12) of mine in this forum every day".
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Old 17-Aug-2007, 15:31
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1. I would spend a great deal of my time in this forum.

Meaning 1: past habit
In the past, I had a habit of spending a lot of time in this forum, but I don't do that anymore.

Meaning 2: conditional
I would spend a great deal of time in this forum, if ...



2a. I used to spend much time of mine ...

2b. I used to spend much of my time ...


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=> Do not put a space before the punctuation mark.
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Old 17-Aug-2007, 15:43
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Thank you Casiopea.

Did you mean the "I used to spend a great deal of my time in this forum" is incorrect?
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Ex: I used to spend a great deal of my time in this forum.
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