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Is it OK, 'We spent a good time in the countryside last weekend'?
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Sep 17, 2016 11:19 PM
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Alexs is right. We don't 'spend' a good time. We 'have' a good time.
September 17, 2016
Hi Helen. I see you ask a lot of questions here, which is great! If you want to sound more natural in your questions, I recommend preceding them by "Is it OK to say, ..." or "Is this OK?" instead of just "Is it OK, ..." which is not something a native speaker would say. You could also say "Is the following sentence correct?"
Good luck, Ted
September 17, 2016
To me, it sounds more natural if you say:
"We had a good time in the countryside last weekend"
You can also say "spend a good amount of time" or "spend a good deal of time" if you spend a substantial amount of time doing a task, but I don't think that's what you mean here.
September 17, 2016
'We had a great time in the countryside last weekend' sounds better.
September 17, 2016
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