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WBYeats
 
Reply Mon 10 Aug, 2015 12:39 am
My teacher told me
-This is the first time for me to go to New York.
is wrong, but today I heard
-That was the first time for both of us to battle with our Pokemon!

What makes the first wrong but the second correct?
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 10 Aug, 2015 01:38 am
@WBYeats,

Quote:
My teacher told me
-This is the first time for me to go to New York.
is wrong


I don't think it's grammatically wrong, but it's certainly not idiomatic English.
It could be better expressed in a simpler form.
WBYeats
 
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Reply Tue 11 Aug, 2015 05:01 am
@McTag,
Good answer. Thank you.
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