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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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A: What's the parking rate?
B: The first hour is 10 dollars. Each subseqent hour an hour 3 dollars.
Is the above correct and natural?
Thanks.
B: The first hour is 10 dollars. Each subseqent hour an hour 3 dollars.
Is the above correct and natural?
Thanks.
Top answer
The first hour is 10 dollars. Each subseqent hour an hour is 3 dollars. It's $10 for the first hour and $3 for every hour or portion of an hour thereafter.
- The first hour is 10 dollars.
- Each subseqent hour an hour is 3 dollars.
- It's $10 for the first hour and $3 for every hour or portion of an hour thereafter.
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The first hour is 10 dollars. Each subseqent hour an hour is 3 dollars.
It's $10 for the first hour and $3 for every hour or portion of an hour thereafter.
It's $10 for the first hour and $3 for every hour or portion of an hour thereafter.
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Hi,
A: What's the parking rate? 'Rate' is quite a formal word to use.
B: The first hour is 10 dollars. Each subsequent houran hour is/costs 3 dollars.
Is the above correct and natural?
I suggest this.
A: How much is it to park? / What does parking cost?
B: The first hour is 10 dollars/bucks. Each hour after that is 3.
Best wi
A: What's the parking rate? 'Rate' is quite a formal word to use.
B: The first hour is 10 dollars. Each subsequent hour
Is the above correct and natural?
I suggest this.
A: How much is it to park? / What does parking cost?
B: The first hour is 10 dollars/bucks. Each hour after that is 3.
Best wi
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Sorry for the typo. Iw anted to say "each subsequent half an hour "
It is natural to say, Each half an hour after that is 3?
How about "It's 3 dollars for each half an hour after that"?
It is natural to say, Each half an hour after that is 3?
How about "It's 3 dollars for each half an hour after that"?
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Hi,
It is natural to say, Each half an hour after that is 3? Yes.
How about "It's 3 dollars for each half an hour after that"? Yes.
The 'an' is commonly omitted in a context like this.
Best wishes, Clive
It is natural to say, Each half an hour after that is 3? Yes.
How about "It's 3 dollars for each half an hour after that"? Yes.
The 'an' is commonly omitted in a context like this.
Best wishes, Clive
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One last question.
How about "I have been here for half hour/half AN hour"?
How about" I have been searching for the book for half hour/half an hour"?
Would you omit 'an'?
How about "I have been here for half hour/half AN hour"?
How about" I have been searching for the book for half hour/half an hour"?
Would you omit 'an'?
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Hi,
No, not in that context.
In such a context, some people say 'half an hour' and some say 'a half hour'. Where I live, the former is much more common.
Clive
No, not in that context.
In such a context, some people say 'half an hour' and some say 'a half hour'. Where I live, the former is much more common.
Clive
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It seems like you have two groups of contexts in which you would say different forms, with and without 'an'. Could you help me see the grouping?
By the way, how's your garage door?
By the way, how's your garage door?
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Hi,
$3 for each half hour. I wouldn't say 'each half an hour' is wrong here, but I don't hear it said much.
I waited for half an hour.
I waited for a half hour.
By the way, how's your garage door?
It has its ups and downs. (This is a joke.
Do you get it?)
I'd like to know what country you
$3 for each half hour. I wouldn't say 'each half an hour' is wrong here, but I don't hear it said much.
I waited for half an hour.
I waited for a half hour.
By the way, how's your garage door?
It has its ups and downs. (This is a joke.
Do you get it?)I'd like to know what country you
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You mean it's going nuts. going up and down by itself?
I'm in Malaysia, the country above Singapore. I was in the US for a number of years.
I'm in Malaysia, the country above Singapore. I was in the US for a number of years.
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Hi,
You mean it's going nuts. going up and down by itself? No, it's an idiom
Tom has his ups and downs means, in general terms, that Tom has his good days/times and his bad days/times.
I'm in Malaysia, the country above Singapore. I was in the US for a number of years. That's a long way from Canada. It's just after midnight here. Good night.
Clive
You mean it's going nuts. going up and down by itself? No, it's an idiom
Tom has his ups and downs means, in general terms, that Tom has his good days/times and his bad days/times.
I'm in Malaysia, the country above Singapore. I was in the US for a number of years. That's a long way from Canada. It's just after midnight here. Good night.
Clive
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