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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Can you finish the work in (so short a time)?

Can you finish the work in so short a time?

I'm not familiar with the underlined part.

Could you explain it please?
  

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It's a weird sentence, but the context might be this: A: I have this project with 6000 words to translate from English to Japanese for a government contract that I must have completed quickly. B: I only have an hour free today, but I will get it done. A: Can you finish the work in so short a time ?

— Stephenmatlock

  • It's a weird sentence, but the context might be this: A: I have this project with 6000 words to translate from English to Japanese for a government contract that I must have completed quickly.
  • B: I only have an hour free today, but I will get it done.
  • A: Can you finish the work in so short a time ?
  • B: I'll try.
  • The context would be where speaker A is doubtful that speak B can get the work done in the amount of time available.
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It's a weird sentence, but the context might be this:

A: I have this project with 6000 words to translate from English to Japanese for a government contract that I must have completed quickly.

B: I only have an hour free today, but I will get it done.

A: Can you finish the work in so short a time?

B: I'll try.

The context would be where speaker A
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Hi,

Can you finish the work in so short a time?

Yes, this is not wrong. But lot more commonly said is this.

Can you finish the work in such a short time?

Clive
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