How does it work?

jannawrites · May 14, 2008

You know how you can say something like, "I made two sandwiches in as many minutes"? And it's understood you mean two minutes?

Here's the sentence I'm struggling with, but I'm not sure it works the same way.

She glared at her sibling, for the second time in as many hours.

What happens when two is changed in form? Is the implication still the same?

Thanks.

absitinvidia · May 14, 2008

I don't like that second sentence. To me, "in as many" means "in the same number of," and that requires a cardinal number, not an ordinal.

ErylRavenwell · May 14, 2008

absitinvidia said:
I don't like that second sentence. To me, "in as many" means "in the same number of," and that requires a cardinal number, not an ordinal.

Nod. "Twice in as many hours" is clearer.

jannawrites · May 15, 2008

Ah, yes. Thanks to you both!

kct webber · May 16, 2008

I don't know... I undersood the first one perfectly.

How does it work?

jannawrites

no, really

absitinvidia

A bit of a wallflower

ErylRavenwell

jannawrites

no, really

kct webber

Squirrel, Sekrit type, 1 ea.