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Mosja Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
British weather jargon: What does sunny spells mean?
This makes me flummox. Its so bloody hard to interpret.
This is not an illiterate-friendly passage.
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"Spell" is not British jargon. It means a period of time having a particular kind of activity or condition. A "sunny spell" means a (short) period of time having sunny weather.
- "Spell" is not British jargon.
- It means a period of time having a particular kind of activity or condition.
- A "sunny spell" means a (short) period of time having sunny weather.
- If it's sunny "spells" then you may have alternating periods of cloudy and sunny weather; you have spells (periods) of sunny weather.
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"Spell" is not British jargon. It means a period of time having a particular kind of activity or condition.
A "sunny spell" means a (short) period of time having sunny weather. If it's sunny "spells" then you may have alternating periods of cloudy and sunny weather; you have spells (periods) of sunny weather.
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