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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
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By far the most important~
There are grounds, though, for taking a hopeful view. By far one of the most important of these is the fairly steady, though irregular, drop in the inflation rate from its frightening peaks of 1978-80.
I know 'by far' is a http://endic.naver.com/enkrEntry.nhn?entryId=6de0508cc42541ad8e96a20cb12a7f85&query=%EB%B6%80%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%98 phrase and modifies the superlative form of a adjective or adverb.
But in my example, it looks like 'by far' modifies 'one'.
How should I take this?
I know 'by far' is a http://endic.naver.com/enkrEntry.nhn?entryId=6de0508cc42541ad8e96a20cb12a7f85&query=%EB%B6%80%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%98 phrase and modifies the superlative form of a adjective or adverb.
But in my example, it looks like 'by far' modifies 'one'.
How should I take this?
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"by far one of the most important" is not a good phrase, in my opinion. "by far" and "one of" do not go together either semantically or grammatically.
- "by far one of the most important" is not a good phrase, in my opinion.
- "by far" and "one of" do not go together either semantically or grammatically.
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"by far one of the most important" is not a good phrase, in my opinion. "by far" and "one of" do not go together either semantically or grammatically.
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