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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2004Anywhere ...
"Please note that it may take anywhere from 3 to 9 hours for your message to appear on Google Groups." "Anywhere"? Looks a bit iffy to me. R. > "Please note that it may take anywhere from 3 to 9 hours > for your message to appear on Google Groups." > > "Anywhere"? Looks a bit iffy to me. OK in my book. >> "Please note that it may take anywhere from 3 to 9 hours >> for your message to appear on Google Groups." >> >> "Anywhere"? Looks a bit iffy to me. > >OK in my book. Mine, too. Common usage. "Her job requires her to answer anywhere from ten to fifty letters a day." Carter Carter Jefferson carterj98@mindspring.com http://carterj.homestead.com/ > "Please note that it may take anywhere from 3 to 9 hours > for your message to appear on Google Groups." > > "Anywhere"? Looks a bit iffy to me. > > R. Not to me. I take it mean anywhere in the range between X and Y. > "Please note that it may take anywhere from 3 to 9 hours > for your message to appear on Google Groups." > > "Anywhere"? Looks a bit iffy to me. > > R. As our respondents have indicated, it's accepted in the US. OED says << b. Used with from.to, to indicate limits of variation. U.S. 1897 Outing XXIX. 471/1 The tarpon will be anywhere from fifty to three hundred feet away when the boat is ready to follow him. >> -- John 'It's been a long way from anywhere Like heaven to your town, this town' Dean Oxford De-frag to reply "John Dean" <john-dean@frag.lineone.net> wrote... > -- > John 'It's been a long way from anywhere Like heaven to your town, > this town' Dean Radio 2 Tuesday 8:30pm Matti |
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