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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

It took me the time of .....

How would you say this? please

I know these 2 are correct

  • It took me 20 minutes to eat dinner

  • The halftime break lasted 20 mintues (soccer match)
Could you say:

what if you were to combine the 2 sentences.

  • It took me the time it took for the halftime break to finish to eat my dinner.

  • I ate my dinner in the time it took for the halftime break to start and finish.
Could you say?

  • What if the person you saw was actually him. (could you use WHAT IF like that?)
thanks
  

Top answer

Hello, alc24. Yes, you can use «what if» that way. » Anton

— Ant_222

  • Hello, alc24.
  • Yes, you can use «what if» that way.
  • » Anton
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Hello, alc24.

Yes, you can use «what if» that way.

«It took me the halftime break for to eat my dinner.»

Anton
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thank you,

anyone else care to give me their opinion about the TIME IT TAKES...

thanks
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alc24
  • It took me the time it took for the halftime break to finish to eat my dinner.
  • I ate my dinner in the time it took for the halftime break to start and finish.
    • I'd say those sentences are much too convoluted. Try this:

    It took me the whole 20-minute halftime break to eat dinner.
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    Thank you

    So you can't say something like this?
    • I ate my dinner in the time it took him to finishing taking a shower.
    • The team scored a goal in the time it took me to make dinner. When I got back from the kitchen the score was 1-0.
    thank you
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    Take Yankee's advice.

    No natives would ever deliver sentences in such convoluted fashion.
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