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how much are you late vs for how much are you late

Both phrases are not commonly used in English. The correct way to ask about someone's lateness is 'How late are you?' or 'By how much are you late?'

Last updated: March 25, 2024

how much are you late

This phrase is not commonly used in English.

The correct way to ask about someone's lateness is 'How late are you?'
  • As I have said, it is much too little and much too late - much too late, in fact, to guarantee safe passage of the sparse worthwhile elements before the election next year.
  • Too much late. I will only manage.
  • The same leaders, who in speeches complain that the Lisbon strategy is very much late in coming, allow a situation where not even the decisions agreed in one country are implemented in their own.
  • It's too late, much too late.
  • The regulation under discussion has come too late, much too late in my opinion, but all the same it will help to provide some answers, some solutions and it will help us to take some action to restore consumer confidence.
  • But it's been borne in of me of late how much she misses by not having a mother's care.
  • But, while learning, how much you loved the late Empress,
  • Serbia's democratic forces were too late in making the radical break with the Milošević era, much too late.
  • You are much too late for a handout.
  • It's much too late for trust.
  • Unfortunately, it's much too late for that.
  • I realized much too late that my technology could lead to the destruction of worlds.
  • The Council of Ministers is already much too late.
  • It's not early so much as late.
  • We are also deciding today - much too late - on regulatory action for credit rating agencies.
  • The documents arrived back much too late: sometimes three or four months.
  • The proposal to decide only in 2010 which sectors will still receive partial free allocation of CO2 credits seems much too late.
  • I hear what's-her-name - the Selfridge girl - hasn't been here much of late.
  • I learned as much too late and to my own cost.
  • Yes, it suddenly occurred to me that Friday's much too late.

Alternatives:

  • How late are you?

for how much are you late

This phrase is not commonly used in English.

The correct way to ask about someone's lateness is 'By how much are you late?'
  • As I have said, it is much too little and much too late - much too late, in fact, to guarantee safe passage of the sparse worthwhile elements before the election next year.
  • Too much late. I will only manage.
  • The same leaders, who in speeches complain that the Lisbon strategy is very much late in coming, allow a situation where not even the decisions agreed in one country are implemented in their own.
  • It's too late, much too late.
  • The regulation under discussion has come too late, much too late in my opinion, but all the same it will help to provide some answers, some solutions and it will help us to take some action to restore consumer confidence.
  • But it's been borne in of me of late how much she misses by not having a mother's care.
  • But, while learning, how much you loved the late Empress,
  • Serbia's democratic forces were too late in making the radical break with the Milošević era, much too late.
  • You are much too late for a handout.
  • It's much too late for trust.
  • Unfortunately, it's much too late for that.
  • I realized much too late that my technology could lead to the destruction of worlds.
  • The Council of Ministers is already much too late.
  • It's not early so much as late.
  • We are also deciding today - much too late - on regulatory action for credit rating agencies.
  • The documents arrived back much too late: sometimes three or four months.
  • The proposal to decide only in 2010 which sectors will still receive partial free allocation of CO2 credits seems much too late.
  • I hear what's-her-name - the Selfridge girl - hasn't been here much of late.
  • I learned as much too late and to my own cost.
  • Yes, it suddenly occurred to me that Friday's much too late.

Alternatives:

  • By how much are you late?

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