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May 10, 2024 · I think that it is mostly about the article. If you want to use the possessive version, omit the article: It's only about three hours' journey (from here). If you want to use the article, use a three-hour journey/walk, etc: It's only about a three-hour journey/walk.*. * You can use a normally before day's to mean a walk of one day : It's a day ...
Jun 24, 2017 · They have to choose from three cases, about which they have already read. Then, later on, there will be two more cases (nr. 4 and nr.
Aug 22, 2013 · US English. Aug 22, 2013. #13. Getting back to threesome vs. three-way: while I had a three-way is unambiguously sexual, the word three-way can be used innocently in many other ways. A three-way intersection (of three roads) is not in a risque relationship. L.
May 21, 2008 · A "three-year experience" means that you had an experience that lasted three years. For example: "I lived in France in the 1990s. It was a wonderful three-year experience". "This position requires three years' experience" means, as you know, work experience. Frankly, I dislike this shortening of the proper phrase which is, in my mind "three ...
Mar 2, 2012 · Nope, maybe it is more Russian, the native language of the only person saying they prefer it! I would always say three and a half years. No, in Russian the only normal order is "three and a half years". We never change the words' places in this case (maybe only in poetry to follow the rythm, and it will sound too pompous).
Mar 13, 2022 · India. India - Hindi. Mar 13, 2022. #1. Dear All, I would like to understand in detail the difference between "three-way" (in a non-sexual context) and "three ways". My understanding is that "three-way" is an adjective -- and therefore should modify a noun or a linking verb -- whereas "three ways" is an adverb, and should therefore modify a verb.
Sep 13, 2012 · Bulgaria, Bulgarian. May 8, 2007. #1. Hi, can you please tell me if all these are correct? 1.a three-storey building. 2. a building on three floors. 3. a building that is three storeys high. 4. a three storeys' building by analogy with a three days' trip.
Jun 11, 2010 · Thanx a lot. - I've been there three times/for three times. - I've been there once/for once. By the way, I would like to ask which verb form is better in this sentence (to-inf or V-ing). As far as I know, both are ok but I want to know which one is preferred by native speakers. - (Do) so is (ruin) your life.
May 26, 2020 · Massachusetts, U.S. English - U.S. May 26, 2020. #3. "Southie" is the South Boston neighborhood, heavily Irish at that time. The projects are, as Myridon posted, public housing. Three-decker buildings are like those in the picture (which happens to show one in Cambridge, but they were much the same). They were typically occupied by three families.
Oct 26, 2019 · Senior Member. Chinese-Mandarin. Oct 26, 2019. #3. Edinburgher said: I would change it to "I was ranked as one of the top three applicants". The combination "to be ranked among X" works best when X is a general description rather than a specific number. It would be fine to say you were ranked among the top applicants, but it sounds a little bit ...
