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Taka Posted 19 years ago
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as much as/as many as

0 01i00(1) It takes 01font00as much as02font00 two hours to get to the station.02br
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02i00Are they both equally OK? Or is one better than the other?0-
  

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0It’s a difficult one.02br
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00I’d use “as long as”.02br
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00Curious to read native speakers’ responses.02br
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01cite10Taka12cite11i10(1) It takes 11font10as much as12font10 two hours to get to the station.12br
10(2) It takes 11font10as many as12font10 two hours to get to the station.12br
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12i10Are they both
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0Taka, 02br
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00I recently had a brain cramp over a similar issue. Knowing that hours were countable, I couldn't figure out why "less" sounded better than "few" in something I had written. Fortunately, my friends here reminded me of the rule so I didn't continue to wonder if I was losing my marbles.02br
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00Quantities of time and distance can be cons
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Quantities of time and distance can be considered as a giant block of uncountable stuff, so you use 11i10less than 12i10or 11i10as much as 12i10instead of 11i10fewer than 12i10or as 11i10many as12i10.12br
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0 It should be01i00 How many hours did you spend walking?02i00 0-
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0 Yes, it has to be "how many hours did you..." 0-
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0Yes, I agree, how many hours, asking about the number of hours.02br
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00But I would say "How much of those two hours you allotted for this task did you actually use to complete it?" (Well, I woldn't say that, exactly, because it's an awkward sentence, but you get my point. When you're talking about two or three hours total, as big old block of time, it's back to being unc
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00...to wonder if I was losing my marbles.12br
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10...big old block of time 12br
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10This stuff does read well![Y]15012br
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10But what is "lose one's marbles", an idiom, a slang, or a metaphor? What does it mean?15112br
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10Thanks in advance!12br
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0loosing my marbles = going crazy, losing my mind, going off the deep end, going 'round the bend, losing it... um, the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead, my elevator no longer went to the top floor, the lights were one with no one home, I was a few clowns short of a full circus, a few sandwhiches short of a picnic lunch... I think you get the idea 050010id1
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0I'll feel about the idea05002br
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00Thanks a lot for these vivid things![C]010id2
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