 a great deal of time
I spent a great deal of time in this forum yesterday.
I spent a great deal of time since I joined in this forum.
How would you read these two sentences?
To me, a great deal of time = much. So in the both sentence the phrase "a great deal of time" simply means "(I spent) very much time", I think.
But I will be happy if you tell me how would you read the above two sentences. |