John went on ..... driving a car. [ a) a two-hour - b) two-hour - c) two-hours - d) a two-hours ]
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I think it's a test, are you cheating?– Andy SemyonovCommented Apr 5, 2015 at 10:09
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4None of them seems right. Is this copied correctly? What is the context?– ShoeCommented Apr 5, 2015 at 10:13
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@Andy Semyonov: No, I'm not. I just found this question in my textbook and it got me confused, so I'm here for some clarification.– HebaCommented Apr 5, 2015 at 10:15
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@Shoe : That's what I thought too.– HebaCommented Apr 5, 2015 at 10:17
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John went on two hours, driving a car. That would be correct.– Andy SemyonovCommented Apr 5, 2015 at 10:20
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"...driving a car for two hours" or "for two hours, driving a car" would be usual, so I have to wonder about the textbook you have.
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It could be a very straightforward sentence, where least care is given to prepositions. Commented Apr 5, 2015 at 10:24
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OK, if we assumed that 'went on' is a phrasal verb, would 'two-hours' then be the answer that best makes sense? (oh, and sorry about my English, as it's not my mother tongue).– HebaCommented Apr 5, 2015 at 10:33
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"went on driving for two hours" would be fine. But! if "two hours" has some special import, you might say "went on the driving those two hours". "She gabbed without stop for what seemed like ages, but he went on driving those two hours, clenching his teeth."– bobroCommented Apr 5, 2015 at 10:52
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FumbleFingers has written: ]. Premature pre-emptive answers are no benefit to the site, so I [can’t] see any problem with them being downvoted if they don't answer the "final, clarified" question. If nothing else, this might discourage those hasty answerers from leaving what eventually amounts to "litter" on the site. FF >> Since Shoe asks for clarification (None of them seems right. Is this copied correctly? What is the context?), this question is obviously not suitable for ELU as it stands. And it's very basic. Answering it devalues the site. Commented Apr 5, 2015 at 13:54