I've been learning Indonesian with Indonesian pod 101 and I'm afraid in learning bad English meanwhile. Is this sentence correct?
"Lisa, so sorry. The traffic jam was awful, and all the traffic lights seemed to turn red for longer than usual."
Can you say traffic lights "turned red for ten minutes" or is it just literal Indonesian translation?
Best Answer
"turned red for" is perfectly appropriate in the context of "became red and stayed that way for a time period"
Here are a few more example of "turned red for"
There are other possible ways of saying it: