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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Less than the amount of time

Is this sentence correct?

I was in the city less than the amount of time it took me to fly there.


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anonymous Is this sentence correct? I was in the city less than the amount of time it took me to fly there. No.

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anonymous

Is this sentence correct?

I was in the city less than the amount of time it took me to fly there.

No.

I was in the city for less time than it took me to fly there.

I spent less time in the city than it took me to fly there.

There are other ways to say the same thing.