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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
News report
Is "all of" being used in the right context in the following sentence:
The news report was so inaccurate. I wasted all of a minute listening to it.
The news report was so inaccurate. I wasted all of a minute listening to it.
Top answer
Yes, although your use of "a minute" makes it sound possibly sarcastic.
- Yes, although your use of "a minute" makes it sound possibly sarcastic.
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Yes, although your use of "a minute" makes it sound possibly sarcastic.
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Thanks.
I wondered if it would sound sarcastic.
Would it be okay to use "all of" in the following context? (This is meant to be humourous)
"I'm going to tell your manager that you've been distracting everyone. Your singing distracted me from my work for all of a minute. I could've sent an email in that time."
I wondered if it would sound sarcastic.
Would it be okay to use "all of" in the following context? (This is meant to be humourous)
"I'm going to tell your manager that you've been distracting everyone. Your singing distracted me from my work for all of a minute. I could've sent an email in that time."
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Yes, that phrase usually implies sarcasm because it's such a short amount of time, "all of a second" would be even more blatantly sarcastic.
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Ok, so it's okay to say that even though I am pretending to be mad at this person?
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Anonymous Is "all of" being used in the right context in the following sentence:The news report was so inaccurate. I wasted all of a minute listening to it.I would not say that this is a correct use of "all of a/an". It's not quite right. The implication is "only a certain amount of time" and/or "an inadequate amount of time".
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