Straight
Are these sentences correct:
"Since you started your quarantine, how much time straight have you stayed at home?"
"I have stayed 5 days straight./I have stayed 5 straight days."
Top answer
Your little dialog is understandable and grammatically correct, but consider this alternative, which says the same thing in more natural English. — How long have you been home since you went into quarantine? — (I've been home for) five days.
- Your little dialog is understandable and grammatically correct, but consider this alternative, which says the same thing in more natural English.
- — How long have you been home since you went into quarantine?
- — (I've been home for) five days.
- In quarantine there is no other kind of staying except for consecutive (straight) days, so "straight" is really unnecessary.
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Your little dialog is understandable and grammatically correct, but consider this alternative, which says the same thing in more natural English.
— How long have you been home since you went into quarantine?
— (I've been home for) five days.
In quarantine there is no other kind of staying except for consecutive (straight) days, so "straight" is really unnecessary.
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