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Can we replace "for the previous few centuries" with the following time expressions?
Hi
I'm kind of mixed-up. Could you help me please? There's a section in the book which mentions different time expression used in different cases. With no context, it was just written "for the previous few centuries" and mentioned that the underlined part refers to a time before. However, it occurred to me that if it's possible to replace the underlined part with the following terms as well?
Can we use them interchangeably?
Thanks a lot.
Hi
I'm kind of mixed-up. Could you help me please? There's a section in the book which mentions different time expression used in different cases. With no context, it was just written "for the previous few centuries" and mentioned that the underlined part refers to a time before. However, it occurred to me that if it's possible to replace the underlined part with the following terms as well?
- For the last/previous few centuries
- Over the last/previous few centuries
- During the last/previous few centuries
- Throughout the last/previous few centuries
Can we use them interchangeably?
Thanks a lot.