Oct 28, 2021 14:17
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English term
(sneak in) of
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Jade and I spend a lot of our free time at the
cinema or the theatre. At least three times a week
we’ll sneak in of an evening and binge watch movies
one after the other.
I wonder about the "of" in this sentence - is it a typo?
The text is British English.
Thanks!
cinema or the theatre. At least three times a week
we’ll sneak in of an evening and binge watch movies
one after the other.
I wonder about the "of" in this sentence - is it a typo?
The text is British English.
Thanks!
Responses
| 4 +6 | during/in |
Charlotte Fleming
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| 5 +4 | sneak in in the evenings |
Ruth Hill
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+6
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Charlotte Fleming
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during/in
It's not a typo, it's a fairly common idiom. It means during or in the evening.
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Ruth Hill
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Thank you!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: or even sometimes/when we'd feel like it,
Not just UK it seems https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/286540/is-the-ex... //yep also surprised!
3 mins
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Thank you - I didn't realise it was so widespread!
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philgoddard
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Thanks!
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Clauwolf
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Thank you.
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Tony M
47 mins
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Thank you!
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AllegroTrans
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Thank you.
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+4
6 mins
sneak in in the evenings
No, it's not a typo. It's just an informal British way to say "in the evenings". See the definition in the references:
informal mainly British
1 On most evenings.
informal mainly British
1 On most evenings.
Reference:
https://www.lexico.com/definition/of_an_evening
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/of-an-evening-of-a-weekend-etc
Note from asker:
| Thank you! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
3 mins
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| agree |
Tony M
48 mins
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| agree |
AllegroTrans
50 mins
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| agree |
Tina Vonhof (X)
1 hr
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