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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

too less

Nine minutes is too less a time.

Is the above sentence wrong? If it is, could you please tell me the correct sentence?

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Anonymous Nine minutes is too less a time. is too little time. As shown above.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Nine minutes is too less a time.
  • is too little time.
  • As shown above.
  • CJ
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AnonymousNine minutes is too less a time. is too little time.
As shown above.

CJ
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Thanks, CJ! I have one question though. Nine minutes usually requires a plural verb, so why are we using a singular verb here? Thank you!
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vdbNine minutes usually requires a plural verb
Not necessarily.
vdbwhy are we using a singular verb here?
Because you are not really talking about nine separate things. You're talking about a time period of nine minutes. You're abbreviating this concept of a single period of time as "Nine minutes", and it is idiomatic to d
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Thank you so much!
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