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Equilibrium8 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Any other vs any others
Is there any difference between "than any other" and "than any others"?
It seems to me than they are interchangeable in all examples I find, except that "any others" can be used to specify a group after it.
In addition, are they both always treated as a singular object? (So you could never apply a superlative to either of them)
Thanks!
It seems to me than they are interchangeable in all examples I find, except that "any others" can be used to specify a group after it.
In addition, are they both always treated as a singular object? (So you could never apply a superlative to either of them)
Thanks!
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'Others' is not singular. Neither of your phrases has anything to do with comparative/superlative that I can see.
- 'Others' is not singular.
- Neither of your phrases has anything to do with comparative/superlative that I can see.
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'Others' is not singular.
Neither of your phrases has anything to do with comparative/superlative that I can see.
Neither of your phrases has anything to do with comparative/superlative that I can see.
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Sorry, ignore this post. I was looking for the disagreement with "most..." w
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Now it's getting interesting. I see all of these as grammatically acceptable:
MM replies more quickly than any other.
MM replies more quickly than any others.
MM replies more quickly than most any other.-- Here, however, most' is an informal form of 'almost', not a superlative. Interestingly, 'most' does not sound right with 'any others' (I d
MM replies more quickly than any other.
MM replies more quickly than any others.
MM replies more quickly than most any other.-- Here, however, most' is an informal form of 'almost', not a superlative. Interestingly, 'most' does not sound right with 'any others' (I d
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Good examples. They would have slight semantic differences, but nobody would think twice about using one over the other.
I don't know if you read my last post before my edit. I think he reason "most" doesn't sound right is because of the "than" not becasue of "any others." Do you agree?
I don't know if you read my last post before my edit. I think he reason "most" doesn't sound right is because of the "than" not becasue of "any others." Do you agree?
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Sorry, I'm not quite sure which context you are speaking of. Is it this?--
MM replies more quickly than most any others.
If so, I don't think 'than' is the problem: it is the lack of the words that I suggested ('than most any of the others'), but for which I still cannot understand the reason.
MM replies more quickly than most any others.
If so, I don't think 'than' is the problem: it is the lack of the words that I suggested ('than most any of the others'), but for which I still cannot understand the reason.
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Oh, we were talking about different parts.
I meant as in replacing the comparitive adverb with a superlative:
MM replies most quickly than any others.
I meant as in replacing the comparitive adverb with a superlative:
MM replies most quickly than any others.
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Ah. No, that structure does not work. '...than' is a part of the comparative structure only.
He works more than I do.
He works more than I do.
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Thanks for the confirmation. I was looking for the odd-sounding part in "any other" for an hour before it struck me that "than" was the problem.
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