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Musicgold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Are these sentences natural? June 20

Hi,

Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?

1. The inner the color in the figure, the more important it is. ( I was explaining a figure with concentric rings of colors.)

2. How many meetings does he have there?

3. Are you going to take much longer to finish that? ( I said to a colleague who was working on a file that I needed to take a look)

Thanks,
MG
  

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1. The inner the color in the figure, the more important it is. No.

— Enoon

  • 1.
  • The inner the color in the figure, the more important it is.
  • No.
  • You can't say "the more in the color" or "the outer the color", either.
  • I wish we could.
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1. The inner the color in the figure, the more important it is.

No. You can't say "the more in the color" or "the outer the color", either. I wish we could. "The closer to the center the color ...". "The farther in the color ...".

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