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Ej!_nihilist Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Any idea about a suitable intensificator?

Hello there!

Here is the sentence:
"He is tall ____ a child (of) his age."

Somehow I still can't figure it out.
Any suggestion about which intensificator is supposed to be acceptable???
  

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Welcome to EF, Ej! I can't work it out either. "For" would fit ("he is tall for a child of his age"); but I wouldn't call that an intensifier.

— MrPedantic

  • Welcome to EF, Ej!
  • I can't work it out either.
  • "For" would fit ("he is tall for a child of his age"); but I wouldn't call that an intensifier.
  • Does it come from a textbook?
  • Best wishes, MrP
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Welcome to EF, Ej!

I can't work it out either. "For" would fit ("he is tall for a child of his age"); but I wouldn't call that an intensifier.

Does it come from a textbook?

Best wishes,

MrP
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Same reaction as MrP.
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thank you for your effort ...

Well, to say the truth, I am kind of confused as well...
The fact about "the intensifier" (sorry about that, the proper word is probably "intensifier" rather than "intensificator")
is what makes me feel uncomfortable about the sentence.
Actually it comes from my school papers I recieved from my lecturer. And in the chapter "Intensification of a
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You're welcome – and if it does turn out that there's a valid intensifier for that sentence, let us know!

All the best,

MrP
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