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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
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Four hours on, four hours off. Meaning
Hi teachers,
This is a sentence from a story:
Four policeman can watch his house and family, day and night - four hours on, and four hours off.
a) What is the meaning of 'four hours on, and four hours off'?
b) If I want to ask a question based on 'four hours on, and four hours off', which one should be?
And last one. Is it right the question according to the bold words in the answer?
c) When can the policeman watch his house and family?
They can watch it and his family day and night.
As always thanks in advance
This is a sentence from a story:
Four policeman can watch his house and family, day and night - four hours on, and four hours off.
a) What is the meaning of 'four hours on, and four hours off'?
b) If I want to ask a question based on 'four hours on, and four hours off', which one should be?
And last one. Is it right the question according to the bold words in the answer?
c) When can the policeman watch his house and family?
They can watch it and his family day and night.
As always thanks in advance
Top answer
Thinking Spain a) What is the meaning of 'four hours on, and four hours off'? Four hours on duty (watching) followed by four hours off duty (not watching), and then continue to repeat this pattern. Another way to say it is "in four-hour shifts".
- Thinking Spain a) What is the meaning of 'four hours on, and four hours off'?
- Four hours on duty (watching) followed by four hours off duty (not watching), and then continue to repeat this pattern.
- Another way to say it is "in four-hour shifts".
- This is the routine for any given policeman, I suppose.
- The exact distribution of shifts among the four policemen seems to be some sort of math problem which I am not going to attempt to solve!
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Thinking Spaina) What is the meaning of 'four hours on, and four hours off'?Four hours on duty (watching) followed by four hours off duty (not watching), and then continue to repeat this pattern. Another way to say it is "in four-hour shifts".
This is the routine for any given policeman, I suppose. The exact distribution of shifts among the four po
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