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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
For a forth day VS. For five days
"A row of parents of the young passengers that were on board of the ferry are continuing their silent protest for a fifth day, along with other citizens and organizations."
I saw the sentence and I think that it should be for five days or is there a meaning difference and a reason for a fifth day, not for five days? is used there? What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much in advance.
I saw the sentence and I think that it should be for five days or is there a meaning difference and a reason for a fifth day, not for five days? is used there? What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much in advance.
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"for a fifth day" has an emphasis on the addition of another day to an ongoing and increasingly length protest. " are continuing ... for five days" is not very natural.
- "for a fifth day" has an emphasis on the addition of another day to an ongoing and increasingly length protest.
- " are continuing ...
- for five days" is not very natural.
- If you wanted to use "for five days", it would normally be " have been continuing ...
- for five days".
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"for a fifth day" has an emphasis on the addition of another day to an ongoing and increasingly length protest.
"are continuing ... for five days" is not very natural. If you wanted to use "for five days", it would normally be "have been continuing ... for five days".
"are continuing ... for five days" is not very natural. If you wanted to use "for five days", it would normally be "have been continuing ... for five days".
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