[Vocabulary] worth of notes

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maiabulela

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A and B are talking about a new "order entry system" and B is not conviced and says that who designed the software is an idiot.

B: "Yesterday, I lost 20 minutes worth of notes. I don't have 20
minutes to lose"

What is the meaning of "worth of notes"?

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A and B are talking about a new "order entry system" and B is not conviced and says that who designed the software is an idiot.

B: "Yesterday, I lost 20 minutes worth of notes. I don't have 20
minutes to lose"

What is the meaning of "worth of notes"?

Thanks a lot.
No, it's "20 minutes worth".
A: How much notes did you lose?
B: 20 minutes worth!
- that is, the amount of notes that it took twenty minutes to write.
 

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Some of us die-hards would put an apostrophe after minutes:

20 minutes' worth of...
 

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No, it's "20 minutes worth".
A: How much notes did you lose?
B: 20 minutes worth!
- that is, the amount of notes that it took twenty minutes to write.

Mmmmmmm... you mean "I've lost some notes that took me 20 minutes to write"????? Is that it?

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