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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

It's just three



Do you say "It's just three" to mean "It's exactly three"?
  

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HUBLOT Do you say "It's just three" to mean "It's exactly three"? No, "it's just three" emphasizes that it's not later than three.

— Canadian45

  • HUBLOT Do you say "It's just three" to mean "It's exactly three"?
  • No, "it's just three" emphasizes that it's not later than three.
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HUBLOTDo you say "It's just three" to mean "It's exactly three"?
No, "it's just three" emphasizes that it's not later than three.
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Thank you, canadian45.

I'm wondering if "It's exactly three" doesn't emphasize that it's not later than three.
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HUBLOTThank you, canadian45.I'm wondering if "It's exactly three" doesn't emphasize that it's not later than three.
No, without any special context, it doesn't emphasize or even mean that. it just means "exactly three", not a minute earlier or a minute later.
Why do you think it means 'not later'?
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HUBLOTDo you say "It's just three" to mean "It's exactly three"?
No, I don't. It doesn't sound like American English to me. It sounds British. That's why I don't say it, I suppose.
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canadian45 No, without any special context, it doesn't emphasize or even mean that. it just means "exactly three", not a minute earlier or a minute later. Why do you think it means 'not later'?
Thank you, canadian45 and CalifJim.

I have no idea. Could I ask why?
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HUBLOTCould I ask why?
exactly three doesn't mean 'not later than three' because that's an incomplete description. exactly three means 'not later than three AND not earlier than three'.

CJ
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