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Harmatan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

10 more minutes / 10 minutes left

0Hello, everyone.02br
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00 I've got a question.02br
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00My girl friend and I were supposed to dinner out at 7.02br
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00It was 6:50.02br
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00And my girl said to me, "We have 10 more minutes.(So why don't you get ready?)"02br
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00Then I wonder whether that sentence is correct or not.02br
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00I suppose that "We have 10 minutes left."02br
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00We had a little argument. 05002br
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00Could you guys let me know which one is correct?02br
00Thanks in advance. 010id1
  

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02br 02br 00We have 10 minutes left. 02br 02br 050010id1

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  • 02br 02br 00We have 10 minutes left.
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0I think both are fine, it's just that the word "more" should be in the end:02br
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00We have 10 minutes more.02br
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00We have 10 minutes left. 02br
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1b0030002b00 on 01b00"have five more minutes"02b02br
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01b0045002b00 on 01b00"have five minutes left"02b02br
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00thus both are used in books on a comparable basis. 0240hrefhttp://books.google.com/books?q=%22have+five+more+minutes%2
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0Although you can use either, there can be a slight difference in what is emphaszed. 02br
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00You have ten more minutes - emphasizes how much longer it will be.02br
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00You have ten minutes left - emphasizes how little time is left.02br
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00I can't wait for the work day to be over. Ugh. I have 30 more minutes.02br
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0GG, 02br
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01i00I have 10 more minutes02i02br
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01i00I have 10 minutes more -02i02br
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00are they both okay?0-
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0My American ear prefers "I have 10 more minutes" but I don't know that that is universal.0-
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0I vote for "10 more minutes" for this case. All the following sound about the same for me in the above situation. 02br
00 You have 10 minutes.02br
00 You have 10 minutes left.02br
00 You have 10 more minutes.02br
00However, "two minutes more" sounds more natural to me in the following case:02br
00 You need to cook it a bit
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10"I have 10 more minutes"12blockquote
10 Or "01i00I have 10 minutes left02i00" both sound very wrong to me as isolated sentences. I would say:02br
00"01i00I 01b00only 02b00have 10 minutes left02i00",02br
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0Do these cookies look done to you?02br
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00No, I'd say they need to cook at least another two minutes. 02br
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00No, I'd say that have to cook at least two more minutes.02br
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00No, but the timer says it's still two more minutes until they should be done.02br
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00Huevos, NONE of these work in isolated sit
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite12br
10My American ear prefers "I have 10 more minutes" but I don't know that that is universal.12br
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10It seems a Britain speaker would be welcome here. I don't know why, but to me "10 minutes more" sounds more natural. 0-
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0 It seems a Brit01b00ish02b00 speaker would be welcome here. I don't know why, but to me "10 minutes more" sounds more natural.02br
00I would say - 10 minutes more. But in truth I would probably avoid this and say "another 10 minutes" 0-
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