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Taka Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

On

What does this "on" mean?


I've got years on you.

  

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I've got more years than you. It probably means I'm older than you, but it could also mean eg I've worked here more years than you have. Consider this example.

  • I've got more years than you.
  • It probably means I'm older than you, but it could also mean eg I've worked here more years than you have.
  • Consider this example.
  • The winner of the race had 5 minutes on the guy who came second.
  • ) Clive
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I've got more years than you.

It probably means I'm older than you, but it could also mean eg I've worked here more years than you have.

Consider this example.

The winner of the race had 5 minutes on the guy who came second. (He beat him by 5 minutes.)

Clive

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Hi. This definition from M-W applies to your example:

used as a function word to indicate

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