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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Yards/feet
Would Americans use yards or feet in the below sentences?
1) I looked back to see a man 30 yards behind me.
2) The tree was 30-foot tall.
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anonymous Would Americans use yards or feet in the below sentences? There is no "below sentence". That is an unidiomatic use of "below".
- anonymous Would Americans use yards or feet in the below sentences?
- There is no "below sentence".
- That is an unidiomatic use of "below".
- anonymous 1) I looked back to see a man 30 yards behind me.
- That is fine.
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anonymousWould Americans use yards or feet in the below sentences?
There is no "below sentence". That is an unidiomatic use of "below".
anonymous1) I looked back to see a man 30 yards behind me.
That is fine. We often use yards for middle distances because we know what a football gridiron looks like.
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