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MrPernickety Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
A full v.s. full
Hi,
Could you tell me which sentence a native speaker is more likely to utter?
1. It took him a full twenty minutes to conclusively decide on the case.
2. It took him full twenty minutes to conclusively decide on the case.
In fact I've seen a couple of times such use of "a", but grammar-wise it irkes me to see "a" preceding a word in plural (minutes)
Thanks!
Could you tell me which sentence a native speaker is more likely to utter?
1. It took him a full twenty minutes to conclusively decide on the case.
2. It took him full twenty minutes to conclusively decide on the case.
In fact I've seen a couple of times such use of "a", but grammar-wise it irkes me to see "a" preceding a word in plural (minutes)
Thanks!
Top answer
#1 unquestionably. #2 is Elizabethan English, I think.
- #1 unquestionably.
- #2 is Elizabethan English, I think.
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MrPernicketyitGet over it!irkesirks me to see "a" preceding a word in plural (minutes)
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