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    Default in two days

    Can one say:
    1-We went there in two days.
    instead of:
    2-We made the trip there in two days.

    To me 2 means we travelled for two days.
    1 could mean that we went there two days after the day I am talking about.
    Could 1 also mean the same as 2?

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    Default Re: in two days

    Quote Originally Posted by navi tasan View Post
    Can one say:
    1-We went there in two days.
    instead of:
    2-We made the trip there in two days.

    To me 2 means we travelled for two days.
    1 could mean that we went there two days after the day I am talking about.
    Could 1 also mean the same as 2?
    If you want it to mean "two days after the I am/was talking about" then you would say "We went there two days later".
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