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Hellohello Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

In a single year= in one year?

in a single year= in one year?

The single emphasis "certain one"?

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Hi hellohello Yes, it means in one year, but it doesn't emphasize that it was a specific year. It emphasizes the shortness of the time period: only 12 months. He caught 292 passes in a single season.

  • Hi hellohello Yes, it means in one year, but it doesn't emphasize that it was a specific year.
  • It emphasizes the shortness of the time period: only 12 months.
  • He caught 292 passes in a single season.
  • ) He grew five inches in a single year!
  • )
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Hi hellohello

Yes, it means in one year, but it doesn't emphasize that it was a specific year. It emphasizes the shortness of the time period: only 12 months.

He caught 292 passes in a single season. (It doesn't matter which season, but that he caught so many in only one season.)

He grew five inches in a single year! (It doesn't matter if he was when he was 9 or 11 or

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