"J'attends depuis une heure, je n'en peux plus."
Translation:I have been waiting for an hour; I can't take it anymore.
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"I've waited for an hour ..." is the same as "I have been waiting ..." and should be accepted. Thanks.
So, if je n'en peux plus always means I can't take it any more, how would you say just "I can't anymore or I can't any longer" ? Inquiring minds want to know.
"je n'en peux plus" means "I can't (phrase from earlier that is replaced by en) any more". In English, you could leave out whatever "en" represents, It is not correct English to use "it" but you could replace "en" with "do this" or "do that" or the actual thing "en" represents ie "wait".
So you would have "I can't wait any more". However this is not accepted - reported.
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You have that right. I have yet to find any dictionary containing 'anymore' as an entry. It is strange though since we can use anyone, anybody, anyhow.... Another quirk for people to remember.
Yes, "can be" not "must be". Therefore "any more" should not be marked incorrect.
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This is the same but not YOUR model: I have been waiting for an hour I can't put up with this anymore
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You are right.
J'attends = I wait or I am waiting.
".......... depuis une heure", changes the present tense or present continuous tense to present PERFECT CONTINUOUS, in French.
So, I have been waiting.....
This is French grammar.
Hope this helps.
The phrase " for a + given length of time needs the " have been" construction in English in this case. You could say I'm waiting for an hour and then I'm leaving as a future condition, ( although it's a bit informal), but not I'm waiting for an hour and I can't any longer. Understandable but not correct.
