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Word "interval"

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Bassim

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I have tried to use the word "interval" or in AmE "intermission". I am wondering if my sentences are grammatically correct.

1. Peter bumped into Gina in the interval of Shakespeare's King Lear.
2. The play was boring, and John waited impatiently for the interval to get some refreshments.
 
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I have never seen "interval" used like that. We use "intermission" here.

From a grammar point of view your sentences are fine.
 
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In British English, I'd say

'Peter bumped into Gina during the interval of King Lear'.




 
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