One: After ten hours of shopping, I was tired.
Two: Ten hours after I started to shop, I was tired.
2006-11-10 11:01:50 · 8 answers · asked by donotmisstony 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No they have completely different meanings.
The first one means just what it says.
The second says that you didn't get tired til after ten hours.
2006-11-10 11:16:55 · answer #1 · answered by topolove 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are a little bit different.
1. You were shopping for 10 tens and then got tired because of it.
2. You started shopping ten hours ago but it doesn't mean you were shopping for tens hours straight. Now ten hours later you are tired. Maybe you did something else besides shopping in those ten hours. Or it could mean you were shopping for 12 hours and got tired after 10 tens of shopping.
2006-11-10 19:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by J T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they don't mean the same thing if you want to get technical.
The second one could be after you're already at home.... if you started to shop at noon and got tired while sitting on your couch at 10 pm, the second phrase is techinically accurate... although no one would actually speak like that.
2006-11-10 19:08:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-11-10 19:04:31 · answer #4 · answered by SWORD LI 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The second one doesn't really make sense, no one would ever say that.
2006-11-10 19:03:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.. these are the same statements.. although the first one sounds more natural.
2006-11-10 19:05:38 · answer #6 · answered by thedarkbristow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
harp & improve on first one
2006-11-10 19:09:51 · answer #7 · answered by R Purushotham Rao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea, they mean the same thing
2006-11-10 19:03:39 · answer #8 · answered by Casey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋