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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Far or for much longer?
Hi,
A news story on BBC news website about prehistoric giant filter feeding fishes made me post my query here when is spotted the sentence under the heading New Fossils. The sentence says,"These specimens indicated that there were giant filter-feeding fishes for much longer than we thought."
I have doubts about the three words underlined? What i have commonly seen and heard is the use of Far in combination rather For as used in the story!
Please explain with examples.
Read the story if you like:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8522789.stm
A news story on BBC news website about prehistoric giant filter feeding fishes made me post my query here when is spotted the sentence under the heading New Fossils. The sentence says,"These specimens indicated that there were giant filter-feeding fishes for much longer than we thought."
I have doubts about the three words underlined? What i have commonly seen and heard is the use of Far in combination rather For as used in the story!
Please explain with examples.
Read the story if you like:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8522789.stm
Top answer
'For' is fine here; it is a preposition. The phrase 'far longer' would still have the implied preposition if used in this sentence (' for far longer'), and 'far much longer' is not correct English.
- 'For' is fine here; it is a preposition.
- The phrase 'far longer' would still have the implied preposition if used in this sentence (' for far longer'), and 'far much longer' is not correct English.
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'For' is fine here; it is a preposition. The phrase 'far longer' would still have the implied preposition if used in this sentence ('for far longer'), and 'far much longer' is not correct English.
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