Confusing phrase

[RedArmy]

If I said: "The trucks made the 39 mile round trip in about 58 minutes including unloading the crop", would you say that the time it takes to unload the crop is included in that 58 minutes or on top of that 58 minutes?

That is all.

 

[Ika]

58 minutes includes the unloading of the crop.

 

[MikeMike]

58 minutes including unloading the crop

how the hell is that confusing?

 

[RedArmy]

I think it's worded wrong. They should've said it like: "Including unloading the crop, the trucks made the 39 mile round trip in about 58 minutes".

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
58 minutes including unloading the crop

how the hell is that confusing?

this.

Reading comprehension (or listening comprehension) is a lost art.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: RedArmy
I think it's worded wrong. They should've said it like: "Including unloading the crop, the trucks made the 39 mile round trip in about 58 minutes".

semantics.

"Including unloading the crop, the trucks made the 39 mile round trip in about 58 minutes"
"The trucks made the 39 mile round trip in about 58 minutes including unloading the crop"

They both say the same thing.

In fact, i think the grammar nazi's will say that "The trucks made the 39 mile round trip in about 58 minutes including unloading the crop"

is gramatically correct. you don't start a sentence with a transitive verb. "including" is a transitive verb.

 

[sandorski]

The Test is only 58 minutes long including asking for the answers on Anandtech.

 

[kalrith]

Originally posted by: sandorski
The Test is only 58 minutes long including asking for the answers on Anandtech.

Wait. I don't understand. By saying, "including asking for the answers on Anandtech," do you mean that the 58 minutes include asking for the answers on Anandtech? Engrish is so confusing!

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: kalrith

Originally posted by: sandorski
The Test is only 58 minutes long including asking for the answers on Anandtech.

Wait. I don't understand. By saying, "including asking for the answers on Anandtech," do you mean that the 58 minutes include asking for the answers on Anandtech? Engrish is so confusing!

No. Asking Anandtech for help is a freebie...a gimme. It does not count against the alloted test time.
Everyone knows this.