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Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Is this sentence correct, "She put off the lunch hour after hour"?
Is this sentence correct, "She put off the lunch hour after hour"?
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It's strange. I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Maybe She kept putting off the lunch.
- It's strange.
- I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
- Maybe She kept putting off the lunch.
- (She scheduled it for Monday.
- Then, because she couldn't do it on Monday, she rescheduled for Wednesday.
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It's strange. I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Maybe
She kept putting off the lunch.
(She scheduled it for Monday. Then, because she couldn't do it on Monday, she rescheduled for Wednesday. Then she had to reschedule again for Thursday.)
CJ
She kept putting off the lunch.
(She scheduled it for Monday. Then, because she couldn't do it on Monday, she rescheduled for Wednesday. Then she had to reschedule again for Thursday.)
CJ
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My intended context was that she kept delaying the lunch by an hour.
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fatimah0786My intended context was that she kept delaying the lunch by an hour.OK. Then you don't want "lunch hour by hour". That gets confusing because there is the expression "lunch hour", the time when people take off from work to have lunch. You'll have to say it just like you did here:
She kept [delaying / putting off] the lunch by an hour
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