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Marold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Another twenty minutes?

"Divination, but it's not for another twenty minutes." (the sentence taken from Harry Potter)

How come another is in this sentence used with plural? Another can be used only with singular, can't it? (Another = an + other)

I'd be gladly enlightened about the grammatical phenomenom.

Thanks a lot in advance.
  

Top answer

No 'phenonmenon'. Look up the meaning of 'another' in your dictionary and tell us what it says.

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  • Look up the meaning of 'another' in your dictionary and tell us what it says.
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No 'phenonmenon'.

Look up the meaning of 'another' in your dictionary and tell us what it says.
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I've looked it up in Oxford dictionary online.

The first meaning of this determiner which probably concerns this topic is:
1. one more; an extra thing or person

And below the first meaning is written help:


HELP

Another can be followed by a singular noun, by of and a plural noun, or by a number and a plural noun.
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When you see 'another' in front of any period of time - day/year/20 minutes/14 days - the period of time mentioned is regarded as a single unit. So, 20 minutes is not seen as individual minutes, but a single length of time:

"The judge had already sentenced her to 14 days in prison, and then when she swore at the judge, he gave her another 14 days for co
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Yes. Thank you. I think I have a good grasp on this topic now.Emotion: wink
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