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Anamac Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

You do not "own" your measurements, right?

This is a weird concept, but in other languages, we can say that a person "has" its weight and height.

I know it is not the case with English, as I can not say "WITH 12 pounds and 25 inches, he isn't a small baby at all", as well as I can say that I AM xx pounds, not that I HAVE xx pounds.

So I tried this:

"AT 12 pounds and 25 inches tall, he isn't a small baby at all".

Is it right?

  

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In the US (GPY is British) there are few situations where this type of construction is used, for example:


"There's Sam's kid. He's only 14 and he's (he has) got 6 foot-five easily." (That is, he's already 6 feet five inches tall, at the age of 14.)


"He's got 300 lbs. easily." (That is, he weighs 300 lbs.)


"I've got four inches and 50 lbs. on him." (That is,

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anamac"AT 12 pounds and 25 inches long tall, he isn't a small baby at all".

Babies are described as "long" because they can't stand up.

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