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#2 (permalink) Wed Jun 23, 2010 16:20 pm I quit listening to her about 15 minutes into the conversation... |
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After 15 minutes had elapsed, I ceased to listen to her. _________________ "He who tries to establish his point by much yelling shows that his reasoning is weak"
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#3 (permalink) Wed Jun 23, 2010 16:32 pm hi |
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First of all thank you.. Second is the sentence "about 15 minutes into the conversation " mean after |
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#4 (permalink) Wed Jun 23, 2010 19:36 pm hi |
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Hanan68 wrote: | Second DOES the sentence "about 15 minutes into the conversation " mean after |
It means "15 minutes after the conversation started".
Similar usages:
I was 30 pages into the book when I realized it wasn't worth reading. (I read 30 pages of the book when ...) I'm about 80 pages into the manuscript. (I've read 80 pages)
Also, look at definition #3, maybe it'll help better: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/into _________________ "He who tries to establish his point by much yelling shows that his reasoning is weak"
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#5 (permalink) Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:19 am hi |
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Hi Tort
A lot of thank to you my dear Tort. |
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#6 (permalink) Tue May 24, 2011 14:48 pm I quit listening to her about 15 minutes into the conversation... |
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into the conversation, into the book, into the manuscript...- can't we replace ,,into'' with ,,in'' (put: in ,instead of :into)? thank you! |
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#7 (permalink) Tue May 24, 2011 14:50 pm I quit listening to her about 15 minutes into the conversation... |
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No, only 'into' works here because it means '15 minutes after the conversation started'.
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