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Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing'



 
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Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing' #1 (permalink) Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:04 am   Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing'
 

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #30 "Responses (3)", question 8

Mike: 'I wonder if we could call at the post office first.'
Jane: '.........'

(a) There's no time.
(b) There's no event.
(c) There's no timing.
(d) There's no series.

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #30 "Responses (3)", answer 8

Mike: 'I wonder if we could call at the post office first.'
Jane: 'There's no time.'

Correct answer: (a) There's no time.

Your answer was: incorrect
Mike: 'I wonder if we could call at the post office first.'
Jane: 'There's no timing.'
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What is the difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing'

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Time vs. timing #2 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:04 am   Time vs. timing
 

Time = an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).

Timing = selection or the ability to select for maximum effect of the precise moment for beginning or doing something <haven't got my timing down>

Timing is an inappropriate word choice here.
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Time vs. timing #3 (permalink) Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:10 am   Time vs. timing
 

timing down? what does that mean?
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Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing' #4 (permalink) Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:53 am   Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing'
 

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I can't tell you without more context. Please post the sentence or sentences it appeared in.
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here's the context you needed #5 (permalink) Fri Jan 12, 2007 19:10 pm   here's the context you needed
 

Mister Micawber wrote:
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I can't tell you without more context. Please post the sentence or sentences it appeared in.
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Timing = selection or the ability to select for maximum effect of the precise moment for beginning or doing something <haven't got my timing down>

Thanks for taking your time to answer my question!!!
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Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing' #6 (permalink) Fri Jan 12, 2007 22:16 pm   Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing'
 

Hi Blazya

The word down means "completely mastered" in this case and appears to be mainly American English.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=57995&dict=CALD
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/down (click on 'down[4,adjective]', then look at definition 4)
There is also the expression "down pat", which has a similar meaning:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=down+pat&r=66

In other words, haven't got my timing down = my timing isn't perfect yet -OR- I haven't mastered my timing yet..

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Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing' #7 (permalink) Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:30 pm   Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing'
 

ESL/EFL Test #30 "Responses (3)", question 8

Mike: 'I wonder if we could call at the post office first.'
Jane: '.........'

(a) There's no time.
(b) There's no event.
(c) There's no timing.
(d) There's no series.

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #30 "Responses (3)", answer 8

Mike: 'I wonder if we could call at the post office first.'
Jane: 'There's no time.'

Correct answer: (a) There's no time.

I also select option (a) there's no time"

but system showed that it is not correct please explain why my answer is wrong.

thanks in advance
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Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing' #8 (permalink) Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:38 pm   Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing'
 

The correct answer is 'There's no time' and that's exactly what the system shows. You probably mixed it up with 'there's no timing'.
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Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing' #9 (permalink) Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:40 pm   Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing'
 

Your answer is correct.

It sounds like there may be an error with the test, but (a) 'There's no time' is the only correct answer.
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Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing' #10 (permalink) Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:51 pm   Difference between 'There's no time' and 'There's no timing'
 

Dear Mr. Torsten

I am sure that my answer was "there's no time"
I was going very smooth (without any error) from test#.16 (where am I?) to test#.24 (Response-3)

but suddenly system showed this error that "there's no time" is incorrect and the correct answer is "there's no timing"

anyways no problem at all I will make another trial tomorrow but kindly check that it might be a system/networking error.

great thanks in advance
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