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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

How long is memory

Does this make sense to you and what would be the correct way to formulate it?

How long is a one year old baby's memory? Will it remember something that happened months ago?

Thank you in advance
  

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This is perfectly understandable, but the usage is not quite right. You can say that someone has a long memory, but you would not ask him: How long is your memory? You'd say instead: How far back can you remember?

— Anonymous

  • This is perfectly understandable, but the usage is not quite right.
  • You can say that someone has a long memory, but you would not ask him: How long is your memory?
  • You'd say instead: How far back can you remember?
  • or Can you remember things from one year ago?
  • Similarly, you would not ask: How long is a one year old baby's memory?
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This is perfectly understandable, but the usage is not quite right. You can say that someone has a long memory, but you would not ask him: How long is your memory? You'd say instead: How far back can you remember? or Can you remember things from one year ago?

Similarly, you would not ask: How long is a one year old baby's memory? You say instead: Does a one year old have long term
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