Is there a time adverb implied with the meaning of "in" in our saying "I sat for an hour"?
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The student: "I sat for an hour of time." How does it imply "in"?
The Shaykh : Here?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : "I sat in an hour," meaning that the hour became the time adverb for his sitting. But note that the temporality of time is a concept, not a tangible thing like place, which surrounds you. The surrounding of a person by time is conceptual, and this is what may cause difficulty for you in estimating the "in." The hour is like a container surrounding the person from the first minute of the hour to the last minute. This is the aspect of estimating the "in."
The Shaykh : Here?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : "I sat in an hour," meaning that the hour became the time adverb for his sitting. But note that the temporality of time is a concept, not a tangible thing like place, which surrounds you. The surrounding of a person by time is conceptual, and this is what may cause difficulty for you in estimating the "in." The hour is like a container surrounding the person from the first minute of the hour to the last minute. This is the aspect of estimating the "in."