Ask a New Question

Question

1. He walked for ten miles.
2. He walked ten miles.
[Are both grammatical?]

3. He slept for seven hours.
4. He slept seven hours.
[Are both grammatical?]

5. I have lived here for five years.
6. I have lived here five years.
[What about this pair? can we use #6? Can we delete 'for' as in #6?]
7 years ago

Answers

Writeacher
Yes, all are fine. You can use these with or without “for.”
7 years ago

Related Questions

i walked from four miles in the direction of 30 celisus south of east, then from there i walked 3 mi... a family walked 15 miles in one day . at that rate how many would they travel in 5 days? make a ta... Eddie walked 3/4 miles from his home to the park then walked 2/4 miles from the park to the library... If you walked 2 3/4 miles on Monday and then walked 3 1/3 miles on Tuesday, how many miles did you w... Jennifer walked 4 miles in 40 minutes. Predict how far she would walk 6 minutes if she continues to... You walked 2⁄15 miles from your chemistry class to your economics class at a constant speed of 0.8 m... Miles Walked 4 3 2 9 7 8 9 10 10 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Hours Use the graph to fill... Elena walked 18 miles. Then she walked 1/2 that distance. How far did she walk all together? Mario walked 12.386 miles in one week. How is this number represented in expanded notation?
Ask a New Question
Archives Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use