Reply To: Your teachers were wrong.

First of all, don’t compare grammar you learned in Chumash to a Gemara, though in this case you happen to be right. Also, what I said was going on your previous post, where you wrote that

That can be interpreted two ways, my friend. It can just as easily be understood as “theylit from it (that one tiny oil) for a period that lasted 8 days. That’s what’s great about Torah – so many facets, and each one is worthy of knowing.

Also, there is room for no schools of thought. We can’t decide for ourselves which of the nissim was bigger than the other. The Rambam devotes a full halacha to each one.