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MustAsk Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

An extra +plural

Hi,

Why is the word extra used with plural nouns as in:
-Get an extra 20 minutes of sleep?
''an extra 20 minutes'' is what is bugging me.
Also, 'do you have a spare 10 minutes?'

How would it work in this instance?
- Get an extra 20-minute nap? Is that correct?

Thanks
  

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MustAsk Why is the word extra used with plural nouns as in: -Get an extra 20 minutes of sleep? an extra 20 minutes is what is bugging me. ' Extra can be used with both singular and plural nouns.

— RandomGuy

  • MustAsk Why is the word extra used with plural nouns as in: -Get an extra 20 minutes of sleep?
  • an extra 20 minutes is what is bugging me.
  • ' Extra can be used with both singular and plural nouns.
  • I have a hunch that what’s really bugging you is the use of an indefinite article ( a or an ) before X minutes .
  • In English, amounts of time are regarded as singular units, so those examples are just fine.
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MustAskWhy is the word extra used with plural nouns as in:
-Get an extra 20 minutes of sleep?
an extra 20 minutes is what is bugging me.
Also, 'do you have a spare 10 minutes?'
Extra can be used with both singular and plural nouns. I have a hunch that what’s really bugging you is the use of an indefinite article (a or an
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