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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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"Span" correct
A mother tongue person say this another way?
His hands are very short. They span just long enough for him to be able to reach all the keys of the piano.
His hands are very short. They span just long enough for him to be able to reach all the keys of the piano.
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Hand span is exactly how we would say it. However, if his hands can span the entire lenght of a keyboard (just over 7 octaves on a standard piano) he should be in the guiness book of records for the biggest hands. He has very small hands, he can barely span an octave.
- Hand span is exactly how we would say it.
- However, if his hands can span the entire lenght of a keyboard (just over 7 octaves on a standard piano) he should be in the guiness book of records for the biggest hands.
- He has very small hands, he can barely span an octave.
- I think you are trying to say
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Hand span is exactly how we would say it. However, if his hands can span the entire lenght of a keyboard (just over 7 octaves on a standard piano) he should be in the guiness book of records for the biggest hands.
He has very small hands, he can barely span an octave. I think you are trying to say
He has very small hands, he can barely span an octave. I think you are trying to say
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AnonymousHis hands are very short. They span just long enough for him to be able to reach all the keys of the piano.Following along from the previous post, I think you may mean "His arms are very short". There's nothing wrong with the word "span", but you haven't used it very idiomatically.
CJ
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I was trying to say his arm, because he's a dwarve so I meant the whole piano.
how would you say this
how would you say this
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Could you tell me how to use span while keeping in mind I meant to say arm?
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