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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

for the three eleven hours days

for the three eleven hours days

Can it be interpreted as eleven hours a day x three days?


In this case, if you take it as 311hours days, then it's too long in the context.

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Liveinjapan for the three eleven hours days Can it be interpreted as eleven - hour s a day x three days? Yes. In this case, if you take it as 311hours days, then it's too long in the context.

— Avangi

  • Liveinjapan for the three eleven hours days Can it be interpreted as eleven - hour s a day x three days?
  • Yes.
  • In this case, if you take it as 311hours days, then it's too long in the context.
  • These don't quite compute.
  • Some people work a "three-to-eleven shift," sometimes called "swing-shift" in factories.
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Liveinjapanfor the three eleven hours days



Can it be interpreted as eleven-hours a day x three days? Yes.



In this case, if you take it as 311hours days, then it's too long in the context. These don't quite compute. Some people work a "three-to-eleven shift," sometimes called "sw
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Thanks, Avangi.
Your interpertation should be the correct one, although the swing shift doesn't fit into the context.
I think the original sentence is ungrammatical and hard to get the meaning.
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Sounds like 'three eleven-hour days' to me...as in three x eleven hour [long] days.

What's the rest of the context??
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Thanks, Catherine.
For some reason, I can't reveal all of it, sorry, but I get your point.
I think what the speaker wants to say might be it's 33 hours long
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