which one is correct? anyone please tell me

[keya mukherji]

which one is correct 'we became successful in a very small time.'
or 'we became successful in a very short time.'
what should be used?? short time or small time??

 

[emsr2d2]

which one is correct 'we became successful in a very small time.' No.
or 'we became successful in a very short time.' Yes.
what should be used?? short time or small time??

Your second sentence is correct. We refer to time, in this context, as long or short.

 

[bertietheblue]

which one is correct 'we became successful in a very small time.'
or 'we became successful in a very short time.'
what should be used?? short time or small time??

The second is correct but it is needlessly wordy, especially since you're not saying very much - why not use 'soon'?:

'We soon became successful.'

And you might want to expand on this to make it more concrete (what does 'soon'/'in a very short time' mean, after all?), eg:

'We soon became successful and by the end of 2009 we were posting profits of over US$100,000.'

 

[bertietheblue]

:shock: Phew! That was a close shave! I just managed to insert the 's' to fix the 'successful' typo - twice! What does that tell you? - in time before I was exposed (which would have been all the more humiliating because I'm a proofreader).

 

[Editors4Writers]

Personally, I'd write:

We achieved success in a short amount of time.

We were quick to attain success.