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use 100 days as the limit

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WBYeats
 
Reply Thu 13 Mar, 2014 10:36 am
My sentence:

-Let's make 100 days the limit, and then I will bring what you want; don't marry your daughter to others.
-Let's use 100 days as maximum,...

What's the natural way of saying let's make an agreement and within 100 days I will find that thing etc.?
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Thu 13 Mar, 2014 11:51 am
@WBYeats,
...what you want; meantime though, don't marry your daughter to others

Yes, no, WB, I realize that isn't what you're asking, it's just that I'm a bit compulsive in the absence of context

My BH who as you're probably aware is much smarter than I, agrees that 1 is perfectly natural though 2 is okay depending on context and inclination
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JTT
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2014 03:37 pm
@WBYeats,
Quote:
-Let's use 100 days as maximum,...


100 days makes maximum specific, WB.
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contrex
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2014 05:08 pm
In prose, 'a hundred days' or 'one hundred days' is better than '100 days'.
JTT
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2014 05:59 pm
@contrex,
That seems to be the extent of your "rules".
spendius
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2014 06:04 pm
@JTT,
Wouldn't it be better to say "in about 3 months"?
JTT
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2014 06:06 pm
@spendius,
I didn't create the original example, Spendi.
spendius
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2014 06:13 pm
@JTT,
I know that JT.
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JTT
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2014 07:18 pm
@spendius,
The context seems to call for an exact period of time. Would a man after your daughter's hand be seen as resolute with "about 3 months"?
WBYeats
 
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Reply Fri 14 Mar, 2014 09:16 pm
Thank you~
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contrex
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 02:13 am
@JTT,
JTT wrote:

The context seems to call for an exact period of time. Would a man after your daughter's hand be seen as resolute with "about 3 months"?


I'd be pleased if she took up with such a pragmatic fellow.
knaivete
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 05:28 am
@WBYeats,
A daughter's hand, one hundred days and Contrex's lair is yours.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/Savagesword24_07.jpg/220px-Savagesword24_07.jpg
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JTT
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 10:09 am
@contrex,
Given your dismal sense of propriety, I shouldn't be surprised if you sold her to white slavers, C.
contrex
 
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Reply Sat 15 Mar, 2014 10:18 am
@JTT,
JTT wrote:

Given your dismal sense of propriety, I shouldn't be surprised if you sold her to white slavers, C.


I tried, but they didn't offer enough. I offered to throw in my wife and mother and they just laughed in my face.
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