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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
In the time
Which are correct:
1) In the time you take to shave Alexander would have conquered a city.
2) In the time it takes you to shave Alexander would have conquered a city.
3) In the time you need to shave Alexander would have conquered a city.
4) In the time you need for shaving Alexander would have conquered a city.
5) In the time you shave Alexander would have conquered a city.
The statement is hyperbolic. You take too long to shave. In the amount of time you spend shaving, Alexander would have conquered a city.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) In the time you take to shave Alexander would have conquered a city.
2) In the time it takes you to shave Alexander would have conquered a city.
3) In the time you need to shave Alexander would have conquered a city.
4) In the time you need for shaving Alexander would have conquered a city.
5) In the time you shave Alexander would have conquered a city.
The statement is hyperbolic. You take too long to shave. In the amount of time you spend shaving, Alexander would have conquered a city.
Gratefully,
Navi.
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Only #3 & 4 seem awkward: wrong verb choice and the gerund is clumsy, too.
- Only #3 & 4 seem awkward: wrong verb choice and the gerund is clumsy, too.
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Only #3 & 4 seem awkward: wrong verb choice and the gerund is clumsy, too.
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They're all fine. Perhaps it's a comment on Alexander's military prowess and not the shaver's dawdling.
Put a comma before "Alexander."
Put a comma before "Alexander."
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I mean they're all grammatical and natural enough constructs that their phrasing wouldn't interfere with the message.
If this is a criticism of the shaver and not a paean to Alexander, then "need" implies the shaver has no talent for shaving. If the shaver takes the time, he's committed a voluntary act (and depending on the amount of hot water available, perhaps a selfish one), but if th
If this is a criticism of the shaver and not a paean to Alexander, then "need" implies the shaver has no talent for shaving. If the shaver takes the time, he's committed a voluntary act (and depending on the amount of hot water available, perhaps a selfish one), but if th
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