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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Adjective long
The session is three hours long. (long is an adjective, right?)
The session is three hours.
Are both correct and mean the same?
The session is three hours.
Are both correct and mean the same?
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Hi, It is an adjective - and the first sentence is correct. Hoa Thai
- Hi, It is an adjective - and the first sentence is correct.
- Hoa Thai
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Hi,
It is an adjective - and the first sentence is correct.
Hoa Thai
It is an adjective - and the first sentence is correct.
Hoa Thai
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Thanks, Hoa Thai.
In the second, the complement doesn't agree the subject and verb. I think that's why some see it incorrect.
However, if it's the answer to some question:
How long is the session?
It's three hours long.
When the adjective long is omitted, people could understand it as the time of the session is three hours, right? The complement cer
In the second, the complement doesn't agree the subject and verb. I think that's why some see it incorrect.
However, if it's the answer to some question:
How long is the session?
It's three hours long.
When the adjective long is omitted, people could understand it as the time of the session is three hours, right? The complement cer
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Hi LiJ,
Sorry for my belated reply. I think I understand your question.
Both three hours long and three-hour-long are correct.
We use the former pattern at the end of a sentence / phrase. We use the latter to modify a noun. Similiarly, we say:
1. He is nine years old.
2. That nine-year-old child is very smart.
Best - Hoa Thai
Hi LiJ,
Sorry for my belated reply. I think I understand your question.
Both three hours long and three-hour-long are correct.
We use the former pattern at the end of a sentence / phrase. We use the latter to modify a noun. Similiarly, we say:
1. He is nine years old.
2. That nine-year-old child is very smart.
Best - Hoa Thai
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StartFragment>
Hi LiJ,
I think I understand your question.
Both three hours long and three-hour-long are correct.
We use the former pattern at the end of a sentence / phrase. We use the latter to modify a noun. Similiarly, we say:
1. He is nine years old.
2. That nine-year-old child is very smart.
Best - Hoa Thai
Hi LiJ,
I think I understand your question.
Both three hours long and three-hour-long are correct.
We use the former pattern at the end of a sentence / phrase. We use the latter to modify a noun. Similiarly, we say:
1. He is nine years old.
2. That nine-year-old child is very smart.
Best - Hoa Thai
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LiveinjapanThe session is three hours long. (long is an adjective, right?)
The session is three hours.
Are both correct and mean the same?
They both mean the same. The second is a kind of "cut-down" version of the first that is perfectly OK (in my view) in everyday conversation and informal writing. I think I'd probably avoid it in very formal w
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