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Paco2004 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
A lot more
0 Hello Teachers 02 br
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00 I would like to know about the phrase "a lot more". 02 br
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00 I feel you are using "a lot more" in various ways, sometimes as a noun, sometimes as an adjective and sometimes as an adverb. I understand as follows. Am I right? 02 br
00 There is a lot more to be done. (noun) 02 br
00 We have to pay a lot more. (noun?) 02 br
00 I need a lot more books. (adjective). 02 br
00 This one is a lot more expensive (adverb) 02 br
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00 I understand these simple "a lot more" are actually "a lot more than .." and the 00 clauses are omitted there. Am I right? 02 br
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00 I would like to know about the phrase "a lot more". 02 br
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00 I feel you are using "a lot more" in various ways, sometimes as a noun, sometimes as an adjective and sometimes as an adverb. I understand as follows. Am I right? 02 br
00 There is a lot more to be done. (noun) 02 br
00 We have to pay a lot more. (noun?) 02 br
00 I need a lot more books. (adjective). 02 br
00 This one is a lot more expensive (adverb) 02 br
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00 I understand these simple "a lot more" are actually "a lot more than .." and the 00 clauses are omitted there. Am I right? 02 br
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00 paco 02 br
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0 'There is a lot more to be done. g. work] to be done' 02 br 00 'We have to pay a lot more.
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- work] to be done' 02 br 00 'We have to pay a lot more.
- )' -- another pronoun, I presume: 'a lot more 05 0 00 ' 02 br 00 'I need a lot more books.
- (adjective)' -- yes, or determiner.
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0 'There is a lot more to be done. (noun)' -- pronoun, actually: 'a lot more [e.g. work] to be done' 02 br
00 'We have to pay a lot more. (noun?)' -- another pronoun, I presume: 'a lot more 05 0 00 ' 02 br
00 'I need a lot more books. (adjective)' -- yes, or determiner. 02 br
00 'This one is a lot more expensive (adverb)' -- yes, modifying the adjective. 02 br
00 'We have to pay a lot more. (noun?)' -- another pronoun, I presume: 'a lot more 05 0 00 ' 02 br
00 'I need a lot more books. (adjective)' -- yes, or determiner. 02 br
00 'This one is a lot more expensive (adverb)' -- yes, modifying the adjective. 02 br
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0 Thank you, Mister Micawber. I'm lucky to be here because otherwise I would never know the usage of this phrase of which explanation I can't find anywhere in my grammar books, dictionaries or online. I'm wondering why there is no explanation about such a frequently spoken phrase. Anyway I would like to say to you again "Thank you so much". 02 br
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0 Or thank you a lot more! 02 br
00 I'm just joking Paco. There are lots of things, or a lot more, that you can't find in any grammar books, or dictionaries, or online. They think those things are too basic to be mentioned! 0-
00 I'm just joking Paco. There are lots of things, or a lot more, that you can't find in any grammar books, or dictionaries, or online. They think those things are too basic to be mentioned! 0-
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0 Hi Paco 02 br
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00 It may help to replace the words 'a lot' with either 'much' or 'many', (much more to be done, many books to read...). The context stays the same, but the usage is more clear. 0-
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00 It may help to replace the words 'a lot' with either 'much' or 'many', (much more to be done, many books to read...). The context stays the same, but the usage is more clear. 0-
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