With or at every passing second?
The line for sushi is getting longer with/at each passing second.
2. Also, which one is correct? (each passing second) and (each second passing?
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The line for sushi is getting longer with each passing second. It means that people are queuing at the rate of at least 1 per second. At the end of 10 minutes, there will be at least 500 more people in the sushi line.
- The line for sushi is getting longer with each passing second.
- It means that people are queuing at the rate of at least 1 per second.
- At the end of 10 minutes, there will be at least 500 more people in the sushi line.
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The line for sushi is getting longer with each passing second.
It means that people are queuing at the rate of at least 1 per second. At the end of 10 minutes, there will be at least 500 more people in the sushi line.
0habibaelgindywith/at each passing second
I always use "with every passing second" (but "each" is also OK).
According to Google's Ngrams, both were used with about equal frequency until the 1970s, when "each" gained a great deal more popularity, so nowadays "each" is more often seen than "every".
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