Time lapse/frame
Are both these sentences correct (and do they mean the same)?
a) "The time lapse between the girl's disappearance and the discovery of her body made it nest to impossible to get a handle of the man who killed her."
b) "The time frame between the girl's disappearance and the discovery of her body made it nest to impossible to get a handle of the man who killed her."
Note: The first sentence was taken from a book, and while I can grasp the meaning of it, I would just to know if the expression 'time frame' would work in this context.
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Top answer
) time frame ~ the time during which an event occurred, often expressed as the beginning and end of that period (between May 12 and May 25, between 2017 and 2020, between yesterday and tomorrow) The first is an amount of time; the second is a period of time. Only the first one works in the given context. By the way, Christine Christie ...
- ) time frame ~ the time during which an event occurred, often expressed as the beginning and end of that period (between May 12 and May 25, between 2017 and 2020, between yesterday and tomorrow) The first is an amount of time; the second is a period of time.
- Only the first one works in the given context.
- By the way, Christine Christie ...
- ne x t to impossible to get a handle o n the man ...
- As shown.
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time lapse ~ how much time passed between two events (a few hours, six weeks, a year, ...)
time frame ~ the time during which an event occurred, often expressed as the beginning and end of that period (between May 12 and May 25, between 2017 and 2020, between yesterday and tomorrow)
The first is an amount of time; the second is a period of time.
Only the first one works in th
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