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Adam Mao Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Start time must be smaller than end time.
Start time must be smaller than end time.
Is this sentence all right?
Is this sentence all right?
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Is this sentence all right? The opening time must be shorter than the closing one.
- Is this sentence all right?
- The opening time must be shorter than the closing one.
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Adam Mao Start time must be smaller than end time.Is this sentence all right?The opening time must be shorter than the closing one.
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Hi, thank you for your kind reply.
So, start time is not right and short can be used to describe time?
So, start time is not right and short can be used to describe time?
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Adam MaoHi, thank you for your kind reply.So, start time is not right and short can be used to describe time?I think it's better to state opening time than the start time in your sentence. The adjective shorter is the comparative of short and I've used it to compare duration of the opening time with the closing one.
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The opening time means the time that something opens.
The closing time means the time that it closes.
eg For my store, the opening time is 9am and the closing time is 6pm.
Logically, the opening time must be before the closin
The closing time means the time that it closes.
eg For my store, the opening time is 9am and the closing time is 6pm.
Logically, the opening time must be before the closin
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CliveThe opening time means the time that something opens.The closing time means the time that it closes.Yes, if you treat it as points on the time-line as the ones in shops opening/closing times. On the other hand, if we, for example, organise a sport event, e.g. a marathon, then we may assume some duration of the opening, let's say, one hour before the actu
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Sorry, I don't understand what you mean.
In my experience, marathons do not 'open' and 'close'. They 'start' and 'finish'.
You might typically say eg The registration booth opens at 7:30am. The race starts at 9am.
Clive
In my experience, marathons do not 'open' and 'close'. They 'start' and 'finish'.
You might typically say eg The registration booth opens at 7:30am. The race starts at 9am.
Clive
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Thank you Clive! I am actually doing an edit of a video of 10 mintues. And I want to trim it to 2:00 to 5:00. However, I made a mistake, I set it to 5:00 to 2:00. Should I say "The opening time must be before the closing time"? I assume Start Time would be Ok. Besides, can I use "ahead": "The opening time must be ahead of the closing time"?
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I want to trim it to 2:00 to 5:00. Does this mean you want to remove minute 1, and also remove minutes 6/7/8/9/10?
If so, I'd probably say eg The start point has to be before the end point.
You could use the word 'time' instead of the word 'point'.
If so, I'd probably say eg The start point has to be before the end point.
You could use the word 'time' instead of the word 'point'.
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