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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
ADDITIONAL/MORE/FURTHER/ADDITIONAL
Hi teachers,
Would you kindly check whther these sentences are ok and tell me a rule for the use of ?:
We need another 20 workers / $20,000 for the project.
We need an extra 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need 20 extra workers / 20,000 extra dollars for the project
We need a further 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need 20 further workers / 20,000 further dollars for the project
We need an additional 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need 20 additional workers / 20,000 additional dollars for the project.
We need 20 more workers / 20,000 more dollars for the project
We need 20 workers more / 20,000 dollars more for the project
Thank you in advance
Would you kindly check whther these sentences are ok and tell me a rule for the use of ?:
We need another 20 workers / $20,000 for the project.
We need an extra 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need 20 extra workers / 20,000 extra dollars for the project
We need a further 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need 20 further workers / 20,000 further dollars for the project
We need an additional 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need 20 additional workers / 20,000 additional dollars for the project.
We need 20 more workers / 20,000 more dollars for the project
We need 20 workers more / 20,000 dollars more for the project
Thank you in advance
Top answer
These are OK: We need another 20 workers / $20,000 for the project. We need an extra 20 workers / $20,000 for the project We need 20 extra workers / 20,000 extra dollars for the project We need a further 20 workers / $20,000 for the project We need an additional 20 workers / $20,000 for the project We need 20 additional workers / 20,000 additional dollars for the project. We need 20 more workers / 20,000 more dollars for the project We need 20 workers more / 20,000 dollars more for the project Only 'further' seems a little odd to me after the noun.
- These are OK: We need another 20 workers / $20,000 for the project.
- We need an extra 20 workers / $20,000 for the project We need 20 extra workers / 20,000 extra dollars for the project We need a further 20 workers / $20,000 for the project We need an additional 20 workers / $20,000 for the project We need 20 additional workers / 20,000 additional dollars for the project.
- We need 20 more workers / 20,000 more dollars for the project We need 20 workers more / 20,000 dollars more for the project Only 'further' seems a little odd to me after the noun.
- There are no rules that I am aware of offhand.
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These are OK:
We need another 20 workers / $20,000 for the project.
We need an extra 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need 20 extra workers / 20,000 extra dollars for the project
We need a further 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need an additional 20 workers / $20,000 for
These are OK:
We need another 20 workers / $20,000 for the project.
We need an extra 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need 20 extra workers / 20,000 extra dollars for the project
We need a further 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need an additional 20 workers / $20,000 for
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