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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

to be had

Is this make any sense and natural?

There is 3 hours of sleep to be had.

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This is less questionable: There are 3 hours of sleep to be had.

— Mister Micawber

  • This is less questionable: There are 3 hours of sleep to be had.
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This is less questionable:

There are 3 hours of sleep to be had.
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This is a strange sentence -- may I ask what context you have in mind? It sounds to me as though three hours of sleep are available, and it doesn't matter who gets them -- which really doesn't make any sense!
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it's in a film; science fiction,

There are 3 hours of sleep to be had. Do you want to take sleep now or wait till later?
Something like that. Is the grammar ok

it sounds like

Is it the same structure as
There is money to be made here.
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