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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Top of charts

Is this sentence naturally written?

The song that was top the charts longest is Adele's for 12 weeks.

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No. eg The song that was top of the charts longest, for 12 weeks, was Adele's.

  • No.
  • eg The song that was top of the charts longest, for 12 weeks, was Adele's.
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No.

eg The song that was top of the charts longest, for 12 weeks, was Adele's.

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AnonymousThe song that was at the top the charts the longest (12 weeks) was Adele's .

I'd be inclined to write it as shown above.

It appears to be the kind of sentence that is trying to say too much by talking about the success of Adele's song a

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