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Sir, I will be late today, hopefully by 1 hour.

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Anonymous Is this sentence is correct? Don't use "is" twice! Yes, the sentence is correct, but you are not hoping that you will be late by one hour, so you have to say it a little differently.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Is this sentence is correct?
  • Don't use "is" twice!
  • Yes, the sentence is correct, but you are not hoping that you will be late by one hour, so you have to say it a little differently.
  • I will be late today, but hopefully not by more than an hour.
  • CJ
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AnonymousIs this sentence is correct?
Don't use "is" twice!

Yes, the sentence is correct, but you are not hoping that you will be late by one hour, so you have to say it a little differently.

I will be late today, but hopefully not by more than an hour.

CJ
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