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Diotima Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
one hour longer
Hi everybody I was wondering if you could help me solve this little puzzling question.
I told to a friend that I would stay "an hour longer" with her but as soon as I said it it did not sound right. I thought that may be "one hour more" could have been more accurate but I am not entirely convinced.
It had already happened when once said "stay one day longer" and it did not convince me either. Can you please help me get it right (i.e. which one is more appropriate/natural "longer" or "more" and why? How should I place it in the sentence?)
Needless to say I checked first on dictionaries and websites but I did not find much.
Thanks a lot!
I told to a friend that I would stay "an hour longer" with her but as soon as I said it it did not sound right. I thought that may be "one hour more" could have been more accurate but I am not entirely convinced.
It had already happened when once said "stay one day longer" and it did not convince me either. Can you please help me get it right (i.e. which one is more appropriate/natural "longer" or "more" and why? How should I place it in the sentence?)
Needless to say I checked first on dictionaries and websites but I did not find much.
Thanks a lot!
Top answer
Try these: I can stay another hour. I can stay one more hour. I have to leave in an hour.
- Try these: I can stay another hour.
- I can stay one more hour.
- I have to leave in an hour.
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Try these:
I can stay another hour.
I can stay one more hour.
I have to leave in an hour.
I can stay another hour.
I can stay one more hour.
I have to leave in an hour.
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Thank you, your examples are very helpful.
I gather "longer" is not appropriate. If as an adverb of time, in its simple form (i.e. long), means "(for) a long time" I wonder whether and how it can be used to convey the meaning "for a period of time which is longer than expected" (that is why initially I told my friend: I can stay one hour longer)
Perhaps it has to do with collocatio
I gather "longer" is not appropriate. If as an adverb of time, in its simple form (i.e. long), means "(for) a long time" I wonder whether and how it can be used to convey the meaning "for a period of time which is longer than expected" (that is why initially I told my friend: I can stay one hour longer)
Perhaps it has to do with collocatio
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