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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
is "greater" the right word here?
Hi,
The following is taken from a spec:
"If there is no data traffic on a TCP connection for greater than two minutes, the connection will be aborted by the unit."
If it were "more than" or "longer than", I would not question this sentence :-)
Seriously, if you could tell me if all the three versions (greater than..., longer than..., more than...) are equally ok in this context?
mus-te
The following is taken from a spec:
"If there is no data traffic on a TCP connection for greater than two minutes, the connection will be aborted by the unit."
If it were "more than" or "longer than", I would not question this sentence :-)
Seriously, if you could tell me if all the three versions (greater than..., longer than..., more than...) are equally ok in this context?
mus-te
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"greater than two minutes" is wrong. I prefer "more than". "longer than" is acceptable.
- "greater than two minutes" is wrong.
- I prefer "more than".
- "longer than" is acceptable.
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"greater than two minutes" is wrong.
I prefer "more than". "longer than" is acceptable.
I prefer "more than". "longer than" is acceptable.
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GPY"greater than two minutes" is wrong.I prefer "more than". "longer than" is acceptable.Thank you so much!
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