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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Saleswoman says

A saleswoman said something like :
The longest I've ever spent with a client wanting to buy nail polish was 40 minutes.
Is there a syntax mistake?
Do you have to put 'time' after 'longest'?
  

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Anonymous The longest I've ever spent with a client wanting to buy nail polish was 40 minutes. This structure is common. "The longest time " uses "longest" as an adjective.

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AnonymousThe longest I've ever spent with a client wanting to buy nail polish was 40 minutes.
This structure is common. "The longest time" uses "longest" as an adjective.
I'd say that in your example, it's an adverb.
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it is an adverb yes
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AnonymousIs there a syntax mistake?
No.
AnonymousDo you have to put 'time' after 'longest'?
No. It's implied.

longest - adjective
time - noun

to spend time; to spend the longest time
time is the direct object of spend.

The longest time that I have ever spent ...
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