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Davidrock65 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

in over a decade

I havent seen her in over a decade = I havent seen her over a decade?

Is it correct?

What's in over + time mean ?
  

Top answer

Correct, and means: it is more than ten years since I last saw her.

— Inchoateknowledge

  • Correct, and means: it is more than ten years since I last saw her.
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Correct, and means: it is more than ten years since I last saw her.
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Davidrock65I havent seen her in over a decade = I havent seen her over a decade?

Is it correct?

What's in over + time mean ?

I haven't seen her over a decade/ ten years - no [in], this offers a notion of more than 10 yrs.

I haven't seen her
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Hi Goodman,

If you do not learn mumbo jumbo, you will not know that "in over" actually works.



Hi Incho,

PLEASE refrain from posting personal comments and attacks. --RO,Mod.
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Davidrock65
I havent seen her in over a decade = I havent seen her over a decade?

Is it correct?

What's in over + time mean ?

A surprise after a period that is slightly over the mentioned one.

The highest in over a decade = The highest in a decade (but the time
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InchoateknowledgeHi Goodman,

If you do not learn mumbo jumbo, you will not know that "in over" actually works.



Hi Incho,

PLEASE refrain from posting personal comments and attacks. --
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If something is in something, how could it be over that something at the same time?

something is in the period that is over

in over a decade = in + [over a decade] says that something happened that either could easily happen in a decade or what we wanted to happen in a decade or what was very surprising to happen in a decade... b
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Whether "in" and "over" contradict each other is beside the point. Emotion: smile

This is OK:

I havent seen her in over a decade
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Well, since we already have a lengthy discussion about in and over. I just want to add one more piece then I will zip it.

I am not sure if you all agree with this but this is my interpretation:



I haven’t had a drink in 10 years = Within that time frame, I refrained from drinking



I haven’t had a drink over ten years = I refrained from drinking more
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I like the interpretation of "in + [over a decade] "

But I could also sense that there are conflicts between "in" and "over" according to some sort of more precise logic.

Maybe "agreeing to differ" is just a good idea.
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Maple
But I could also sense that there are conflicts between "in" and "over" according to some sort of more precise logic.

That is why it is used to stress something really high. That conflict is really there and it is used consciously to stress, to make the effect stronger.
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