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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

How would you phrase the sentence?

He makes in an hour what I make in 3 hours.
He makes what I make in 3 hours in one hour.

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This sounds good to me. He makes in an hour what I make in 3 hours. In the second one you have separated the verb from the object.

— Cynthia3754

  • This sounds good to me.
  • He makes in an hour what I make in 3 hours.
  • In the second one you have separated the verb from the object.
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This sounds good to me.

He makes in an hour what I make in 3 hours.

In the second one you have separated the verb from the object.
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How about, It takes him just an hour to make what takes me three hours. OR What takes me three hours to make, it just takes him an hour.?
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Cynthia3754This sounds good to me.
He makes in an hour what I make in 3 hours.
In the second one you have separated the verb from the object.
I agree with your choice, but it’s the first sentence that separates the verb from its object.
LaboriousIt takes him just an hour to make what takes me three hours. OR What takes me three
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