I’ve not got all (the) morning
From To Kill a Mockingbird. It's the morning after Tom Robinson's trial. The children go out and see Miss Stephanie and Miss Maudie talking. Miss Stephanie notices them, calls for them to come over, and starts shooting questions about the trial at them.
“Hush, Stephanie.” Miss Maudie’s diction was deadly. “I’ve not got all the morning to pass on the porch — Jem Finch, I called to find out if you and your colleagues can eat some cake. Got up at five to make it, so you better say yes. Excuse us, Stephanie. Good morning, Mr. Avery.”
Is there a difference between "all morning" and "all the morning"? Would the former work in this context? It seems like the former is much more common overall.
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anonymous Is there a difference between "all morning" and "all the morning"? Would the former work in this context? Yes and yes.
- anonymous Is there a difference between "all morning" and "all the morning"?
- Would the former work in this context?
- Yes and yes.
- ) CJ
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anonymousIs there a difference between "all morning" and "all the morning"? Would the former work in this context?
Yes and yes.
(Authors use the kinds of expressions that are natural for the time and place of the stories they tell, so you can't expect everything in novels to sound exactly like a conversation we might have today.)
CJ
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