Timeline for How long would the conference be for?
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| May 22, 2018 at 15:18 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 22, 2018 at 14:58 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Possible duplicate of Omission of 'for' with various quantified time intervals: influence of verb | |
| May 4, 2018 at 6:30 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | It may be worth noting that there is a fundamental difference between a question such as "How long would the convention be for?" (where the "for" is superfluous to the sense of the sentence, as you can see by repeating the sentence with the "for" omitted: "How long would the convention be?") and a question such as "What are you in prison for?" (where the "for" is essential to the intended meaning of the sentence, as you can see by comparing it to the "for"-less alternative, "What are you in prison?"). In one case, the inclusion of "for" is unnecessary to sense; in the other, it is crucial. | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 16:10 | vote | accept | user3608985 | ||
| Apr 20, 2016 at 15:56 | comment | added | Lambie | It's OK in spoken English or informal writing. | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 15:44 | answer | added | FumbleFingers | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 15:19 | answer | added | Steve Bennett | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 15:18 | history | edited | Brian Donovan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 15:15 | answer | added | Marc | timeline score: -1 | |
| Apr 20, 2016 at 15:13 | history | edited | user3608985 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 15:13 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Apr 20, 2016 at 14:53 | history | asked | user3608985 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |