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Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
23:52
I found another interesting sentence.
> *John ate an apple for 10 minutes.
> John ate an apple in 10 minutes.
Anonymous
> John ate at an apple for 10 minutes.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
:)
But really, does John ate an apple for 10 minutes sound wrong?
Anonymous
Yeah.
Anonymous
This is that lexical aspect stuff.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
From the same source, this one is also fine:
> John ate apples for 10 minutes.
Anonymous
23:58
Yep.
Anonymous
Does it explain why? The aspect stuff.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
> *John ate apples in 10 minutes.
Anonymous
Or is just taunting you with random examples? :-)
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
It mentioned Aktionsart.
Anonymous
Yeah, that.
Anonymous
23:59
Aktionsart ≒ lexical aspect
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
It says, 'quantized', count noun, telic. (for John ate an apple in 10 minutes.)
Anonymous
Well, out of context, those do nothing to explain the examples
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