Within the hour or so
Heard from an old movie of the 1940s. Does it mean "during the last sixty minutes approximately"?
The complete sentence is: "The flashlight still burns. Someone must have been here within the hour or so."
I would say instead "within an hour or so". Why does he say "the hour" instead of "an hour" Do both expressions have the same meaning here?
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gamboler Do both expressions have the same meaning here? Yes, you can say either. "The flashlight still burns" sounds a bit strange to me, but I would need to see/hear it in full context.
- gamboler Do both expressions have the same meaning here?
- Yes, you can say either.
- "The flashlight still burns" sounds a bit strange to me, but I would need to see/hear it in full context.
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gambolerDo both expressions have the same meaning here?
Yes, you can say either.
"The flashlight still burns" sounds a bit strange to me, but I would need to see/hear it in full context.
0Thanks, GPY. I guess that the first sentence means that the flashlight he picked up from the floor was still hot.
0Flashlights in the 1940's didn't last that long. If you turned one on and left it on, it might go dim in an hour or so. So if you picked up a turned-on flashlight from the ground, and it was still burning brightly, this would mean someone turned it on and then dropped it (much) less than an hour ago. The passage, "The flashlight still burns. Someone must have been here within the hour or
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