An hour VS one hour
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¡Hola amigos! Gracias por su ayuda. Mi pregunta es si hay alguna diferencia en el uso de /an/ y /one/ en la siguiente oración:
- I talked with her for an hour
- I talked with her for one hour
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updated Sep 18, 2013
posted by maestroantonio
Both are correct. Most of the time you will hear, "an hour". - rac1, Sep 18, 2013
Both are perfect, and I too would tend to choose an over one, though both are totally correct. - rogspax, Sep 18, 2013
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Como Rac dice ambos son correctos en inglés y ambos significan lo mismo. Puedes usar "one" para poner énfasis (You talked with her for ONE hour?!), normalmente se use "an".
updated Sep 18, 2013
posted by Manity
Great answer including the emphasis. - rogspax, Sep 18, 2013
Yes :) - ian-hill, Sep 18, 2013
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In my opinion "one hour" is more specifically 60 minutes than "an hour".
Of course "a" and "an" = one.
I used to say "una otra" for another. ha ha
updated Sep 18, 2013
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
Agreed, and me too. Took a while to rid myself of that. - rogspax, Sep 18, 2013
:) - ian-hill, Sep 18, 2013
