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rice07
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 Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: each other |
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Hi
To have two almost identicai fatal accidents happen within just three days of each other is unforgivable.
Do those words in bold mean ' happen consecutively within just three days'? |
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buddhaheart
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| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| within just three days of each other |
means if one happened on Monday, the other could happen on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. If the 1st one happened on Tuesday, the other on Wednesday, then they happened consecutively (~ successively). |
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rice07
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| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| buddhaheart wrote: |
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| within just three days of each other |
means if one happened on Monday, the other could happen on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. If the 1st one happened on Tuesday, the other on Wednesday, then they happened consecutively (~ successively). |
Thanks for your precise elaboration to that!
In my original opinion, I would guess that those two accidents happened within three days successively. Were not for your explanation, I would never know the duration of the two accidents could be four days. 
I cannot thank you enough! |
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