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BulbulTada Posted 3 years ago
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A comparative with proper noun?
Is it correct to use a comparative with a proper noun? That is,
a wiser Jim, a bigger New York?
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BulbulTada Is it correct to use a comparative with a proper noun? That is, a wiser Jim, a bigger New York? You can do it, but a certain context is needed.
- BulbulTada Is it correct to use a comparative with a proper noun?
- That is, a wiser Jim, a bigger New York?
- You can do it, but a certain context is needed.
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BulbulTadaIs it correct to use a comparative with a proper noun? That is,
a wiser Jim, a bigger New York?
You can do it, but a certain context is needed.
"A wiser Jim walked out of the courtroom than the Jim who had walked in only an hour before."
"Today's city is a bigger New York than the one so yclept in 1665."
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