the word "spend"

[Anonymous]

hello,

In my knowledge the word " spend", its subject is always sb. but recently I saw a sentence "The light of the sun spends eight minutes arriving in the earth." Is the sentence correct? Can sth. be the subejct of "spend"?

Thanks

Paula

 

[Anonymous]

hello,

In my knowledge the word " spend", its subject is always sb. but recently I saw a sentence "The light of the sun spends eight minutes arriving in the earth." Is the sentence correct? Can sth. be the subejct of "spend"?

Thanks

Paula

 

[RonBee]

Yes, in your example sentence it means that the light takes that long to get from the sun to earth. People spend time. Light spends time. But in different ways.

 

[RonBee]

Yes, in your example sentence it means that the light takes that long to get from the sun to earth. People spend time. Light spends time. But in different ways.

 

[MikeNewYork]

hello,

In my knowledge the word " spend", its subject is always sb. but recently I saw a sentence "The light of the sun spends eight minutes arriving in the earth." Is the sentence correct? Can sth. be the subejct of "spend"?

Thanks

Paula

There is also a meaning of "spend" which is "to wear out or exhaust".

The hurricane finally spent itself.