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SHD Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Which one is correct?

Each light has 8m long of chain / Each light has 8m long chain
  

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Neither, but your second is closer to being correct; it simply needs an indefinite article added: Each light has an 8m long chain.

— Yizhivika

  • Neither, but your second is closer to being correct; it simply needs an indefinite article added: Each light has an 8m long chain.
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Neither, but your second is closer to being correct; it simply needs an indefinite article added:

Each light has an 8m long chain.
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Better:

"Each light has an 8-m chain"

"long" is unnecessary as unit metres implies length.

Chris

P.S.
I am curious though on what kind of light has a chain that long...
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Hi Chris,

Yes, fair point, although I would invariably say:

The chain is 8 metres long....

What about you?
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