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Itasan Posted 21 years ago
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A 30-minute ride

0 I have recently learned 'a five-minute walk', 'on ten-day approval', 02br
00'a two-month vacation', etc. 02br
00'A 30-minute ride' seems to be another example. 02br
00May I have as many such examples as possible? 02br
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0 "A two-day voyage" 02br 00"A 5-hour flight" 02br 00"An three-hour nap" 02br 00The list goes on. 050010id1

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  • 0 "A two-day voyage" 02br 00"A 5-hour flight" 02br 00"An three-hour nap" 02br 00The list goes on.
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0 "A two-day voyage" 02br
00"A 5-hour flight" 02br
00"An three-hour nap" 02br
00The list goes on. 050010id1
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0 To create an infinite number of examples, apply this formula: 02br
02br
00"a/an 01b01i00n02i00-t A02b00" 02br
02br
00where: 02br
02br
01i00n02i00 = a number 02br
00t = a unit of time 02br
00A = an activity or natural phenomenon 02br
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0 MR P, 02br
02br
00I like your formula. Can you also apply this rule in the examples below? 02br
02br
00a five-star hotel 02br
00a 500-page book 02br
02br
02br
00 (stars and pages are not time, and a hotel or a book aren't activities or natural phenomena) 0-
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0 Let's try to expand it: 02br
02br
00"a/an 01b01i00n02i00-C O02b00" 02br
02br
00where: 02br
02br
00O = an object which has countable subdivisions or attributes 02br
02br
01i00n00 = a number 02br
02br
00C = a countable term that denotes that
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