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Teo Posted 18 years ago
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She took an hour getting ready.

01. She took an hour 01u00getting ready02u00. (quoted from 01b01i00A Dictionary of Answers to Common Questions in English02i02b00, by Zhao Zhencai, a Chinese professor of English.)02br
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002. She took an hour 01u00to get ready02u00.02br
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12blockquote 10 None. 02br 02br 00CJ 0-

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01cite10Teo12cite10What's the difference in meaning between the above two sentences?12blockquote
10 None. The reader simply feels more inclined to imagine the details of the process in the first case and only the result in the second case.02br
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01. I took three hours getting home last night.02br
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002. She takes all day getting out of the bathroom.02br
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003. They took two hours unloading the ferry.02br
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"She took an hour to get ready". Full Stop. End of Sentence. OK.
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"She took an hour getting ready, an hour saying her thank-yous and goodbyes, and an hour crying in the limousine about how beautiful the day had been so that she then took ages fixing her streaking mascara and eye-shadow. Poor old groom thought they'd miss the plane and this honeymoon wouldn't get off the ground."
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