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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

"down to a day"

Hello,

Would you explain what kind of grammar the underlined part is?

I was down to a day and a half a week when Valencia called a mover to cart a load of furniture to an apartment she'd rented for one of the deadbeats.

Thank you,

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Hi, I'll try to solve the problem for you. Well the grammar is past tense, but as far I understood it, you'd rather wanted to know how much a day and a half a week is?! If so, the answer is 4,5 days.

  • Hi, I'll try to solve the problem for you.
  • Well the grammar is past tense, but as far I understood it, you'd rather wanted to know how much a day and a half a week is?!
  • If so, the answer is 4,5 days.
  • It is just an English expression to say how many days went by or will go by.
  • Like the expression "a fortnight" indicates "14 days".
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Hi,

I'll try to solve the problem for you. Well the grammar is past tense, but as far I understood it, you'd rather wanted to know how much a day and a half a week is?! If so, the answer is 4,5 days. It is just an English expression to say how many days went by or will go by. Like the expression "a fortnight" indicates "14 days". The formula in your context is

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