[title]Family quotes[/title] [description]Welcome to our family quotes section! Here you'll find some of the funniest (and wisest) quotes on the subject of family life![/description]
Learn English and meet people on the world’s largest EFL social network

Which one is correct?

General English Grammar & Vocabulary,... » ESL General English Grammar Questions

We have partnered with TradePub to bring you free industry magazines and resources - no coupons or credit cards required!

Visit: englishforums.tradepub.com


Share this topic:
This question is Not Answered
Latest post Thu, Feb 5 2009 6:19 PM by yizhivika. 3 replies.
Suggest an answer | | |
SHD  +  663750 Thu, 05 Feb 09 02:52 PM
Each light has 8m long of chain / Each light has 8m long chain
SHD
Joined on Fri, Nov 14 2008
Junior Member 93
yizhivika  +  663841 Thu, 05 Feb 09 04:57 PM
Neither, but your second is closer to being correct; it simply needs an indefinite article added:

Each light has an 8m long chain.
yizhivika
Joined on Fri, Jul 25 2008
Full Member 216
,
Related discussions
cbsteh  +  663856 Thu, 05 Feb 09 05:14 PM
Better:

"Each light has an 8-m chain"

"long" is unnecessary as unit metres implies length.

Chris

P.S.
I am curious though on what kind of light has a chain that long...
cbsteh
Joined on Wed, Dec 17 2008
Full Member 408
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
yizhivika  +  663902 Thu, 05 Feb 09 06:19 PM
Hi Chris,

Yes, fair point, although I would invariably say:

The chain is 8 metres long..

What about you?
yizhivika
Welcome to Englishforums.com, the world's largest EFL / TEFL social network.

Places to start

Browse Englishforums

© MediaCet Ltd. 2009, v5.0.3616.28671. All content posted by our users is a contribution to the public domain, this does not include imported usenet posts.*
For web related enquires please contact us on webmaster@mediacet.com, status updates are available at status.mediacet.com.
*Usenet post removal: Use 'X-No-Archive'. You may not have understood that your posts would end up in the public domain. Please send proof of the poster's email, we will remove immediately.