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Ewan Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Are the sentences correct?
Please help me guys! Are these sentences correct?
The cake was baked in the oven for a duration of 30 minutes.
The man waited for a period of 3 hours.
Is it okay grammatically to remove "a" before the word "duration" and "period" in those sentences?
The cake was baked in the oven for a duration of 30 minutes.
The man waited for a period of 3 hours.
Is it okay grammatically to remove "a" before the word "duration" and "period" in those sentences?
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The sentences are correct, but it would be more common to hear them without a duration of and a period of , since minutes and hours are clearly periods of time. (If duration and period are used, the article a is necessary. ) -The cake was baked in the oven for 30 minutes.
- The sentences are correct, but it would be more common to hear them without a duration of and a period of , since minutes and hours are clearly periods of time.
- (If duration and period are used, the article a is necessary.
- ) -The cake was baked in the oven for 30 minutes.
- ( In the oven seems redundant.
- ) -The man waited for three hours.
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The sentences are correct, but it would be more common to hear them without a duration of and a period of, since minutes and hours are clearly periods of time. (If duration and period are used, the article a is necessary. A and an are indefinite adjectives; notionally they mean one.)
-The cake was baked in t
-The cake was baked in t
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