"It costs more to stay in the hospital for two days than it would to stay in the most luxurious hotel four night."
I see. But I thought it was a bit strange to comparing staying 2days and 4 days. In this case, it should be compared between 1 day and 2 days, right?
But, the correct sentence is...
It's not "four night", but "a fortnight."
I heard the word "fortnight" for the first time.Why does only "2 weeks" have another word? How about 3 weeks or 4 weeks?
My hearing wrong of the past:
http://sandfriend.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-bad-listening-comprehension-13.html
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Hey Sand, it's WiardSan from Lang-8.
"A fortnight" is old English. I don't know why they started using that word for two weeks, and I don't think there are similar words for 3 weeks, 4 weeks, etc.
But you will rarely hear it these days.
Joe,
Oh, it's old English.
Yes, I've never heard it other than this example sentence in my text book. haha...
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