Liveinjapan  +  564333 Wed, 10 Sep 08 02:08 AM for the three eleven hours days Can it be interpreted as eleven hours a day x three days? In this case, if you take it as 311hours days, then it's too long in the context. Thanks Liveinjapan Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 Osaka, Japan Senior Member 2,272 Please feel free to correct any words I wrote.LiJ

	Avangi  +  564336 Wed, 10 Sep 08 02:18 AM Liveinjapan “for the three eleven hours days Can it be interpreted as eleven-hours a day x three days?   Yes. In this case, if you take it as 311hours days, then it's too long in the context.”   These don't quite compute.  Some people work a "three-to-eleven shift," sometimes called "swing-shift" in factories.   It resembles the "nine-to-five" expression for banker types. Some people typically work three or four eleven- or twelve-hour shifts per week.  You could describe this as "three eleven-hour days."  (note that "hour" is singular)  This would be a 33-hour week. Are you sure you have the details right??   - A. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 7,960 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier

	Liveinjapan  +  564341 Wed, 10 Sep 08 02:26 AM Thanks, Avangi. Your interpertation should be the correct one, although the swing shift doesn't fit into the context. I think the original sentence is ungrammatical and hard to get the meaning. Liveinjapan

	Catherine81  +  564344 Wed, 10 Sep 08 02:36 AM Sounds like 'three eleven-hour days' to me...as in three x eleven hour [long] days. What's the rest of the context?? Catherine81 Joined on Tue, Sep 9 2008 Australia New Member 22

	Liveinjapan  +  564350 Wed, 10 Sep 08 03:10 AM Thanks, Catherine. For some reason, I can't reveal all of it, sorry, but I get your point. I think what the speaker wants to say might be it's 33 hours long Liveinjapan