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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
How are the following different?
'15 minutes too fast'
'15 minutes fast'
'15 minutes fast'
Top answer
For all practical purposes, time isn't fast or slow. It marches into the future at a stately 60 seconds per minute. Fast and slow refer to speed.
- For all practical purposes, time isn't fast or slow.
- It marches into the future at a stately 60 seconds per minute.
- Fast and slow refer to speed.
- However, for fixed distances, time and average speed measure the same thing.
- " "15 minutes fast" is an idiom for clocks, meaning that the clock reads 15 minutes into the future.
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For all practical purposes, time isn't fast or slow. It marches into the future at a stately 60 seconds per minute. Fast and slow refer to speed.
However, for fixed distances, time and average speed measure the same thing. So you can say about runners in a race "That was a fast time for the final lap." Or for your example, "He ran his last race 15 minutes too fast, and he fainted from
However, for fixed distances, time and average speed measure the same thing. So you can say about runners in a race "That was a fast time for the final lap." Or for your example, "He ran his last race 15 minutes too fast, and he fainted from
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Thanks.
Can't too fast be used for clocks too ,as in The clock is 15 minnues too fast ?
Can't too fast be used for clocks too ,as in The clock is 15 minnues too fast ?
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AnonymousCan't too fast be used for clocks too ,as in The clock is 15 minnues too fast ?No - at least not in my variety of BrE.
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No one would misunderstand you, but the "too" is not used for clocks.
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