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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Setence structure
Is the following sentence okay? Or, should it be "This land was a square measuring only 100 meters on each side?"
This land was a square only 100 meters on each side.
This land was a square only 100 meters on each side.
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Both of yours are acceptable, but not the expected native structure, which would be this: This land was only 100 meters square / only a 100-meter square.
- Both of yours are acceptable, but not the expected native structure, which would be this: This land was only 100 meters square / only a 100-meter square.
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Both of yours are acceptable, but not the expected native structure, which would be this:
This land was only 100 meters square / only a 100-meter square.
This land was only 100 meters square / only a 100-meter square.
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The meaning of "This land was only 100 meters square" and "This land was only a 100-meter square" is different, right? (I think the latter means 10,000 meters square which is 100 times as wide as the former)
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lucas21che meaning of "This land was only 100 meters square" and "This land was only a 100-meter square" is different, right? (I think the latter means 10,000 meters square which is 100 times as wide as the former)Ah, yes—I think you're right!
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Then, are both of "This land was only 100 meters square" and "This land was only 100 square meters" all possible? How about " kilometers square/square kilometers" and "miles square/square miles"? Are all of them okay?
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