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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
FOR or NO FOR / FOR vs OVER vs IN
Could you please help me make these sentences grammatical and correct please?
1 That would be 30 hours of work to/for only 10 hours of sleep if I worked 10 hours, slept 5 hours, worked 10 hours, slept 5 hours and worked 10 hours.
2 In/Over/For the next 3 days following the operation, you need to be very careful and over the course of the next 2 years, try to eat as healthily as possible.
3 This word doesn't begin to express how mad I am at you.
4 Can you be the brother I've always had (for) the time you have left?
Thank you
1 That would be 30 hours of work to/for only 10 hours of sleep if I worked 10 hours, slept 5 hours, worked 10 hours, slept 5 hours and worked 10 hours.
2 In/Over/For the next 3 days following the operation, you need to be very careful and over the course of the next 2 years, try to eat as healthily as possible.
3 This word doesn't begin to express how mad I am at you.
4 Can you be the brother I've always had (for) the time you have left?
Thank you
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1 That would be 30 hours of work to/for only 10 hours of sleep if I worked 10 hours, slept 5 hours, worked 10 hours, slept 5 hours and worked 10 hours. This is a bit awkward and short of necessary information. Why this particular cutoff?
- 1 That would be 30 hours of work to/for only 10 hours of sleep if I worked 10 hours, slept 5 hours, worked 10 hours, slept 5 hours and worked 10 hours.
- This is a bit awkward and short of necessary information.
- Why this particular cutoff?
- Here is one way to phrase this: If I alternate working for 10 hours with sleeping for 5 hours, at the end of 40 hours I will have 30 hours of work to only 10 hours of sleep.
- 2 In/Over/For the next 3 days following the operation, you need to be very careful and over the course of the next 2 years, try to eat as healthily as possible.
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1 That would be 30 hours of work to/for only 10 hours of sleep if I worked 10 hours, slept 5 hours, worked 10 hours, slept 5 hours and worked 10 hours.
This is a bit awkward and short of necessary information. Why this particular cutoff? Here is one way to phrase this:
If I alternate working for 10 hours with sleeping for 5 hours, at the end of 40 hours I will have 30 hours
This is a bit awkward and short of necessary information. Why this particular cutoff? Here is one way to phrase this:
If I alternate working for 10 hours with sleeping for 5 hours, at the end of 40 hours I will have 30 hours
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