What's this sentence mean?
I had a topic lesson days ago, and we were discussing 'What's your plan during the golden week (10 days holidays in Japan)'. One of us said she has to work 9 days but only 1 day off. I remember our teacher replied '9 out 1?' I'm not so sure if I remember it well. I forgot to ask my teacher this sentence.
Will you use '9 out 1' to describe having 10 days holidays but need to work for 9 days? Thank you for your help!

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The teacher would have said 9 out of 10, which means as you say - working for 9 days of a 10 day holiday.

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"9 out of 10". Means nine days out of ten.
Also, "9 but 1". Means nine out of ten, with exception of 1.

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I think you remember incorrectly. "1 out of 9?" was most likely the question asked. It's a way to ask "do you mean 1 day off from 9 days total, or 1 day off out of 10 days total?" Because "9 days work with 1 day off" could mean "one additional day off, in between" or it could mean "one of the nine days off, so only 8 will be worked".

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