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lucy_ever
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 Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: difference |
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hi,  guys, what's the differernce between more a week and more than a week? thanks |
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Mary W. Ng
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:30 am Post subject: Re: difference |
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| what's the differernce between more a week and more than a week? |
More than a week is used in sentences like It has been more than a week since I registered. "More than + a or a numeral determiner (one, two, three ...)" is a quantifier.
More a week is used in sentences like He works 20 hours or more a week. Here more and a week do not belong together.
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lucy_ever
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject: thanks |
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thanku very much.    i got it |
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