Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Hours"

A: This is a conversion chart for military time to normal time:

A: If that is really what they said, it's possible A. the person saying it was not educated....or B. it's a playful joke by adding silly endings to "expect". (to" expectorate").

The correct way to say this is "I've been expecting you for hours!"

A: It can mean either, it depends on the context. Often it's used to exaggerate something that took a long time, as you said, but there's no way to tell which it is without context.

A: It can be hard to come up with clever and funny conversation quickly. By the time you think of the perfect reply or joke, the conversation might’ve already ended. This delay is what Mark Twain was referring to.

A: "After what seemed like hours", means the situation was so uncomfortable that the time seemed very long, even though it probably was not.

A: I should correct to give the example you seek.
About how many hours will it take to finish?
Around how many hours does it take to go from Korea to Thailand?

A: it take me hours to finish the work

A: She out in the long hours at work. that's why she got promoted.

the phrase is used to describe someone putting in a lot of effort and time into something

A: Working a night shift means that you always have to be awake at odd hours.

A: I would use the first one. "I slept for 8 hours last night"

A: They're the same except "to do so" feels a little more formal.

A: we use for to indicate the duration. but sometimes we can omit it

A: there is no difference.

Our hours of operation are 10-6 Monday to Friday.

You can contact us during business hours 9-7 Monday to Friday.

A: The first "I got here before two hours", doesn't sound natural and isn't said. UNLESS you mean something like "I got here before two hours passed." Meaning there was a certain amount of time you had before you needed to be there. The second one is perfect.

A: no you can’t use “yet” in this situation. You could say “2 more hours “

A: Since you only slept five hours and had to work this morning, I was a little worried; so, I'm glad that it all worked out in the end.

A: The box will be shipped within 12 hours, excluding weekends and holidays

I hope this helps!

A: así

A: @scienceblossom grammatical yes. It is more natural to say "It's four hours ahead of our time zone" though

A: sounds perfect to me

A: × I decided to start fasting for 12 hours from today.
✓ I decided to start fasting for 12 hours starting today.

× Last spring, I tried 16-hour fasting for about 3 months, and it worked, losing weight, but I lost muscle strength, which then returned when I quit it.
✓ Last spring, I tried 16-hour fasting for about 3 months and lost weight, but I also lost muscle strength, which quickly returned when I stopped.

× I analyzed myself and thought about how I could be healthier and how I could tone my body without strain.
✓ I starting thinking about how I could be healthier and tone my body without strain.

× If I couldn’t keep going, there was no point.
✓ If I couldn’t maintain it, there was no point.

× To be honest, I thought it would be hard to continue fasting for 16 hours forever.
✓ To be honest, I thought it would be hard to continue fasting for 16 hours for the rest of my life.

× So, for 12-hour fasting, try to finish dinner and dessert by 8:00pm, and take only sugar-free drinks untill breakfast at 8:00am the next day.
✓ So instead ill fast for 12-hours, try to finish dinner and dessert by 8:00pm, and take only sugar-free drinks until breakfast at 8:00am the next day.

× In the case of 16 hours fasting, data shows that rapid rise in blood sugar levels with subsequent meals is not good, and for women,
✓ Data shows that while 16 hour fasting, there will be rapid rise in blood sugar levels with subsequent meals and thats not good for your body.

× It can affect their hormonal balance.
✓ It can also affect women’s hormonal balances.

× So about 12 hours is ideal.
✓ So, about 12 hours is ideal.

× Depending on the day, I may be able to do it perfectly, but I will try to do it as much as possible!
✓ Depending on the day, I may not be able to do it perfectly, but I will try to do it as much as possible!

A: × It took about nine hours to go back to my house from my parent’s house.
✓ It took about 9 hours to get back to my house from my parents' house.

× So I am so tired.
✓ So I was very tired.

× During I was in my parent’s house, I can’t sleep well because I need to take care of my son, he often gets up in the middle of the night.
✓ While I was at my parents' house, I had to take care of my son, so I often woke up in the middle of the night and could not sleep well.

× Now I think I can sleep well because I take care of my son with my wife.
✓ Now that I am taking care of my son with my wife, I think I can sleep well.

Hope this could help you:

A: × I searched how many hours I need to study English to be good at it on the Internet.
✓ I searched up on the internet how many hours I needed to study to be good at English.

× It said about 3000 hours and I noticed that I need to study it over a hour every day to be able to speak fluently in 3 years.
✓ It said about 3000 hours. I noticed that I would need to study over a hour every day in order to be able to speak it fluently in 3 years.

A: You could also say “I got more than 7 hours of sleep last night, so I’m feeling good today.” Using “got” is just more of a common phrase but both work!