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In printed text, it is written "The angrier you get, the more your body gets tense."
It's doubtful whether the sentence above is grammatically right.
The following sentences sound better to me.
1) The angrier you get, the more tense your body gets.
2) The angrier you get, the tenser your body gets.
Which is correct? Please enlighten me.
Top answer
All three are acceptable grammatically. 1) is probably the "most correct" of the three grammatically, but it sounds maybe a little "too correct," almost to the point of being overly formal and stodgy. This is probably what you'd read in a medical textbook, but that kind of reading could put you to sleep.
- All three are acceptable grammatically.
- 1) is probably the "most correct" of the three grammatically, but it sounds maybe a little "too correct," almost to the point of being overly formal and stodgy.
- This is probably what you'd read in a medical textbook, but that kind of reading could put you to sleep.
- 2) is the most "edgy" of the three.
- A fitness guru might say something like this.
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All three are acceptable grammatically. 1) is probably the "most correct" of the three grammatically, but it sounds maybe a little "too correct," almost to the point of being overly formal and stodgy. This is probably what you'd read in a medical textbook, but that kind of reading could put you to sleep.
2) is the most "edgy" of the three. A fitness guru might say something lik
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I think it's OK.
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