Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

since the dawn of times / since the dawn of time

English answer:

since the dawn of time

Added to glossary by yolanda Speece
May 31, 2011 18:39
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English term

since the dawn of times / since the dawn of time

Non-PRO English Marketing Poetry & Literature
Which form is correct? In my essays I have used the first so far.
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Jun 1, 2011 00:06: Catharine Cellier-Smart changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Jun 2, 2011 17:14: yolanda Speece Created KOG entry

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Non-PRO (3): Tony M, Signe Golly, Catharine Cellier-Smart

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Discussion

Jenni Lukac (X) May 31, 2011:
The plural in English would be " From/Since the earliest times..." Some examples: Title, History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance. Imprint, Philadelphia and London; ...
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23135 - En caché; Ancient Rome from the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D.. A History of Rome, by Robert F. Pennell. From Robert F. Pennell , About.com Guide ...
ancienthistory.about.com/.../Ancient-Rome-From-The-Earliest-Times-Down-To-476-A-D.htm - En caché - Similares
grzzpo (asker) May 31, 2011:
In Polish it is also in plural (od zarania dziejów)
R.C. (X) May 31, 2011:
it is in the plural.... in Italian (la notte dei tempi) and perhaps in other languages...
Kimberlee Thorne May 31, 2011:
Yes, the second form is correct, not the first one
grzzpo (asker) May 31, 2011:
So is it a mistake when I use the first form and not the correct collocation?

Responses

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since the dawn of time

Since the dawn of time.
Peer comment(s):

agree Armorel Young
5 mins
Thnx
agree airmailrpl : -
23 mins
Thank you
agree eski : Yr Wlcm! :)) eski
26 mins
tanks!!!
agree Jack Doughty
41 mins
Thanks Jack!
agree Amanda Jane Lowles
1 hr
agree Jenni Lukac (X)
1 hr
agree Tony M
1 hr
agree Judith Hehir
1 hr
agree cmwilliams (X)
3 hrs
agree Phong Le
5 hrs
agree Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
12 hrs
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
16 hrs
agree Suzan Hamer
16 hrs
agree jccantrell : Have to go with the first.
21 hrs
agree Thuy-PTT (X)
5 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+5
2 mins

Since the dawn of time

Just Google it and it will automatically remove the S.
Peer comment(s):

agree airmailrpl : -
23 mins
agree Tony M
1 hr
agree Judith Hehir
1 hr
agree Phong Le : I use this method very often
5 hrs
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
16 hrs
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