Little x Short
Hi, there
Do you use “short” or “little” with “time” and “notice”?
“The boss gave us too little time to do this”
“Three days is too tight. That’s too short/little notice”
“I don’t want to go home now. We’ve been here for too little time/too short (a) time/too short a period of time”
Which option would you use in EACH of these sentences?
Thank you very much!
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Thank you!!!! But is it wrong to say “too short a time”?
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The boss gave us too little time to do this.
Three days is too tight. That’s too short (of) notice.
I don’t want to go home now! We’ve been here for too short of a time.
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Hi :)
“The boss gave us too little time to do this” - this is fine, I would prefer to use “The boss did not give us enough time to do this”
“Three days is too tight. That’s too short/little notice” - short would be the best choice here. Although the sentence is a bit repetitive you could just say "three days is too short notice"
“I don’t want to go home now. We’ve been here for too little time/too short (a) time/too short a period of time” - "too little time" makes sense. However "we haven't been here long enough" is perhaps better suited.
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