Solve this Spanish ParaDox
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'¿Para cuántos días?'. Why 'Para' was used and not 'Por' since it's a duration?
In another sentence, 'Si lo alquila por más días...', 'Por' is used to indicate duration. It's a ParaDox 
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updated Mar 19, 2013
posted by turoko
very clever, a ParaDox. - BigMike, Mar 18, 2013
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Not sure this is right, but "por" in some expressions of time means around (Entrégalo para el Jueves means turn it in by Friday, while Entrégalo por el Jueves would mean turn it in around Thursday), so "¿Por cuántos días" would then mean "around how many days." Just a guess, though.
updated Mar 19, 2013
edited by BigMike
posted by BigMike
