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You could but it would be an awkward sentence, better would be 'The moment that she stepped....'Originally Posted by Daruma
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- 02-Jul-2009, 08:57 #1
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From the moment she stepped into the busy road her fate was sealed. Hello.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Cambridge University Press
seal your fate
If an action, event or situation seals your fate, nothing can stop some unpleasant thing happening to you:
- From the moment she stepped into the busy road her fate was sealed.
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Can I change "From the moment" into "The moment when"?
- 02-Jul-2009, 09:46 #2
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Re: From the moment she stepped into the busy road her fate was sealed.
- 02-Jul-2009, 10:22 #3
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Re: From the moment she stepped into the busy road her fate was sealed. - From the moment she stepped into the busy road her fate was sealed.
- As soon as she stepped into the busy road her fate was sealed.
Do these two mean the same thing?
- 02-Jul-2009, 11:24 #4
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Re: From the moment she stepped into the busy road her fate was sealed. OALD for moment Originally Posted by Daruma
the moment (that) ... as soon as ...:
I want to see him the moment he arrives. The moment she walked through the door I thought she looked different.
- 02-Jul-2009, 15:20 #5
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Re: From the moment she stepped into the busy road her fate was sealed. Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary Originally Posted by ptetpe
the moment
: as soon as
▪ The moment the cameras are turned off, he is able to relax.
▪ Everything stops the moment she walks in the room.
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- She came on to me from the moment I arrived.
- From the moment they met, Jim and Jane got on like a house on fire.
- He thought that he would never be able to forget Sue. However, from the moment he met Sally, Sue went completely out of his mind.
- Cook, clean, wash, shop--her husband chained her to the oars from the moment they were married.
- From the moment Andy was introduced to the Boston girl, he was daffy about her.
What does "from the moment" mean, then?
- 02-Jul-2009, 21:09 #6
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Re: From the moment she stepped into the busy road her fate was sealed. From the point in time that an action occurred : they met; he met Sally; they were married; introduction to the Boston girl. Originally Posted by Daruma
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