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Seagull Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

A difficult sentence

Could you please rewrite the following sentence into simpler terms? --

For example, there is little more to Senator Ted Cruz’s calls for “carpet bombing” Iraqi and Syrian territory held by the Islamic State than a vague understanding that there is a pest out there that needs to be exterminated.
  

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The basic structure is "there is little more to X than Y". This means that X consists very largely of Y (and nothing else). Hopefully the rest will fall into place.

— GPY

  • The basic structure is "there is little more to X than Y".
  • This means that X consists very largely of Y (and nothing else).
  • Hopefully the rest will fall into place.
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The basic structure is "there is little more to X than Y". This means that X consists very largely of Y (and nothing else). Hopefully the rest will fall into place.
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Thank you for your answer, GPY.

I gave it a try based on your instructions. How about these? --

Senator Ted Cruz's calls for "carpet bombing" Iraqi and Syrian territory held by the Islamic State reveals that he only has a limited understanding that there is a pest out there that needs to be exterminated.

Senator Ted Cruz calls for "carpet bombing" Iraqi and Syrian territ
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GPYYes, you got it.
I'm glad to hear that.
Thank you so much indeed, GPY.
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