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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

To the show to go

It's ten minutes to the show to go.

It's ten minutes to go to the show.

Are sentences above grammatical?

  

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tkacka15 Are sentences above grammatical? I am able to assign a coherent meaning only to the second one, and I'm guessing it's not the meaning you're aiming at. It's ten minutes to go to the show.

  • tkacka15 Are sentences above grammatical?
  • I am able to assign a coherent meaning only to the second one, and I'm guessing it's not the meaning you're aiming at.
  • It's ten minutes to go to the show.
  • = It takes ten minutes to travel from here to the show.
  • I think you want this: There's (only) ten minutes to go before the show starts.
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tkacka15Are sentences above grammatical?

I am able to assign a coherent meaning only to the second one, and I'm guessing it's not the meaning you're aiming at.

It's ten minutes to go to the show. = It takes ten minutes to travel from here to the show.

I think you want this:

There's (only) ten minutes to go before the show starts.

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