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There are several prepositions that can be used before the word time. They are all employed to look at the future and mean much the same thing. One can write that: The situation will get better.. in time. with time. and. over time. But none of these take the article the. Its use changes the meaning of the expression:
Very interesting. I have not thought about this topic before, but "over time" seems to imply. A gradual process. Possibly that work, or effort, or difficult changes are being accomplished over the gradual process. whereas "in time" implies: certainly, that time had to pass. But not necessarily a gradual process, and not necessarily with work or ...
When discussing something that happened, or happens, during a period of time, is very difficult to give a set of rules regarding when to use 'over' or when to use 'during'. Sometimes you must use one of them, other times you must use the other, and at other times again you can use either one of them. As a very general rule, 'over' is generally ...
I'd say occur with time and occur over time are both fine (though, occur over time is probably more common). Which sounds better will depend on the context. Which sounds better will depend on the context.
It was a hard time. Over this time, we dealt with many hurdles. 1) This means: Part of the time or much of the time we were dealing with many hurdles. 2) I think you are correct. However, it would be more clear to say "throughout this entire time" 3) This means: Part of the time or much of the time we were dealing with many hurdles.
Examples: "20% of Americans have changed jobs in the past 3 years" versus, "10% of Americans have been unemployed for over a year". (Not real statistics, just grammar examples.) "Over [time period]" is generally used when you are talking about a trend, like here. "Our budget has increased over the past 3 years." It can be used for on-going events.
1 Answer. Sorted by: 2. “Changes with time” implies a direct correlation between time and the change. If you travel at a constant velocity, your position changes with time. If you accelerate at a constant rate, your velocity changes with time. If there is not a direct link between time and the change, the change is occurring over time. Share.
2. In general, use "Throughout time" and "During the time of" or "During this time". If you want to use "Throughout the time", you will need to qualify it more, such as "Throughout the time that the subject was studied". For your examples, it's tough to figure out which option to go with without the context of any surrounding sentences.
"I composed music over the last twelve years, but almost quit for many reasons" You are right about past simple sounding awkward here. "over the last 12 years" means the 12 years up to now, which means present perfect or past continuous (was composing) can sound more natural (past simple in the first part is okay, but would perhaps be better with "for the last 12 years").
I studied English over a period of three years. One could also say: I studied English over three years ago. which would mean the speaker spent some undetermined amount of time studying English, but that happened more than three years ago. The preposition over can be tricky here, but sometimes context might make it more clear what the speaker ...