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Gamboler Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Until long after - until much later
Which one sounds more natural? Are all of them correct?
1. - We need a confession, Margot.You killed her.
- No. I was with some friends that night until long after the murder.
2. - We need a confession, Margot.You killed her.
- No. I was with some friends that night until much later of the time of the murder.
3. 1. - We need a confession, Margot.You killed her.
- No. I was with some friends that night until long after the time of the murder.
1. - We need a confession, Margot.You killed her.
- No. I was with some friends that night until long after the murder.
2. - We need a confession, Margot.You killed her.
- No. I was with some friends that night until much later of the time of the murder.
3. 1. - We need a confession, Margot.You killed her.
- No. I was with some friends that night until long after the time of the murder.
Top answer
1. OK 2. "later than" 3.
- 1.
- OK 2.
- "later than" 3.
- "a long time" 1 is the most natural, but having an alibi for a time long after the murder isn't of much use.
- Wouldn't the suspect say, "No, I was with some friends at the time of the murder"?
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1. OK
2. "later than"
3. "a long time"
1 is the most natural, but having an alibi for a time long after the murder isn't of much use. Wouldn't the suspect say, "No, I was with some friends at the time of the murder"?
2. "later than"
3. "a long time"
1 is the most natural, but having an alibi for a time long after the murder isn't of much use. Wouldn't the suspect say, "No, I was with some friends at the time of the murder"?
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Thanks a lot, deadrat. The point is that he guy was, of course, with his friends before the time of the murder, at the time of the murder and after the time of the murder, because he stayed with them for a long time (four-five hours). As the sentence is a translation, I wanted to maintain the idea of the original. A complete alibi, not only at the time of the murder but also for the hole night. Is
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Whole night, presumably.
No, I'd go with your first choice; nothing wrong with it.
Just out of curiosity, what the literal word-by-word translation?
No, I'd go with your first choice; nothing wrong with it.
Just out of curiosity, what the literal word-by-word translation?
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Sorry, whole night, typo error. 
The literal translation here doesn't have much sense, as it happens very often.
The literal translation here doesn't have much sense, as it happens very often.
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