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Deepcosmos Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
hours that a person should sleep
Hello, everyone!!
1. Recently I have frequently seen following sentences on the reliable articles;
1) Even though there is a minimum requirement for the number of hours that you should sleep per night, the best news is the consensus panel did not place a limit on the maximum hours you should sleep.
2) There's no magic number of hours that a person should sleep.
2. Especially regarding above 2) I guess it is not correct grammartically with following reasons;
1) There is no 'magic number of hours'
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2) A person should sleep '(for) magic number of hours'
* Regarding the omitted 'for', I think this expression is 'adverbial
accusative' and also above 'sleep' is an intransitive verb.
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1)+2) =
a) There is no magic number of hours for which a person should sleep.
b) There is no magic number of hours which (or that) a person should sleep for.
c) There is no magic number of hours (omitted which or that) a person should sleep for.
3. Thus, would you explain how above 2 sentences without for is possible?
Always thanking your replies,
Best Rgds
1. Recently I have frequently seen following sentences on the reliable articles;
1) Even though there is a minimum requirement for the number of hours that you should sleep per night, the best news is the consensus panel did not place a limit on the maximum hours you should sleep.
2) There's no magic number of hours that a person should sleep.
2. Especially regarding above 2) I guess it is not correct grammartically with following reasons;
1) There is no 'magic number of hours'
+
2) A person should sleep '(for) magic number of hours'
* Regarding the omitted 'for', I think this expression is 'adverbial
accusative' and also above 'sleep' is an intransitive verb.
===
1)+2) =
a) There is no magic number of hours for which a person should sleep.
b) There is no magic number of hours which (or that) a person should sleep for.
c) There is no magic number of hours (omitted which or that) a person should sleep for.
3. Thus, would you explain how above 2 sentences without for is possible?
Always thanking your replies,
Best Rgds
Top answer
deepcosmos a) There is no magic number of hours for which a person should sleep. Moreover, in formal English I understand ' f or which ' after a specific antecedent cannot be replaced with the relative adverb-' when ' and also ' when ' cannot be done with ' that '.
- deepcosmos a) There is no magic number of hours for which a person should sleep.
- Moreover, in formal English I understand ' f or which ' after a specific antecedent cannot be replaced with the relative adverb-' when ' and also ' when ' cannot be done with ' that '.
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deepcosmosa) There is no magic number of hours for which a person should sleep.Moreover, in formal English I understand 'for which' after a specific antecedent cannot be replaced with the relative adverb-'when' and also 'when' cannot be done with 'that'.
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