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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
conjunction
Hi,
I think a conjunction is a word or phrase that connects a word, group, or clause. I looked at the definition of the conjunction 'than' from naver Korea's online dictionary. It had this definition of 'than' as a conjunction:
You use than in order to link two parts of a contrast, for example in order to state a preference.
The example sentence that followed is:
The arrangement was more a formality than a genuine partnership of two nations.
I also think a preposition has a noun or its eqivalent following it and the part 'a genuine partnership of two nations' looks to be a noun equivalent. How would I know the 'than' above is a preposition or conjunction?
Also, whenever I encounter a situation where the 'more a something' meaning is involved, I have a tendency to put 'of' after 'more'? Is it incorrect?
The arrangement was more of a formality than a genuine partnership of two nations.
How about something like this?
A: Hi, Sam, we have a lot of children not reading enough outside of school. What do you think about that?
B: Yes, I know. I think it's more of an educational problem than a social problem.
Should B say?
B: Yes, I know. I think it's more an educational problem than a social problem.
I think a conjunction is a word or phrase that connects a word, group, or clause. I looked at the definition of the conjunction 'than' from naver Korea's online dictionary. It had this definition of 'than' as a conjunction:
You use than in order to link two parts of a contrast, for example in order to state a preference.
The example sentence that followed is:
The arrangement was more a formality than a genuine partnership of two nations.
I also think a preposition has a noun or its eqivalent following it and the part 'a genuine partnership of two nations' looks to be a noun equivalent. How would I know the 'than' above is a preposition or conjunction?
Also, whenever I encounter a situation where the 'more a something' meaning is involved, I have a tendency to put 'of' after 'more'? Is it incorrect?
The arrangement was more of a formality than a genuine partnership of two nations.
How about something like this?
A: Hi, Sam, we have a lot of children not reading enough outside of school. What do you think about that?
B: Yes, I know. I think it's more of an educational problem than a social problem.
Should B say?
B: Yes, I know. I think it's more an educational problem than a social problem.
Top answer
than' comparative structure. From Random House: Usage note Whether 'than' is to be followed by the objective or subjective case of a pronoun is much discussed in usage guides. ' When 'than' is followed only by a pronoun or pronouns, with no verb expressed, the usual advice for determining the case is to form a clause mentally after 'than' to see whether the pronoun would be a subject or an object.
- than' comparative structure.
- From Random House: Usage note Whether 'than' is to be followed by the objective or subjective case of a pronoun is much discussed in usage guides.
- ' When 'than' is followed only by a pronoun or pronouns, with no verb expressed, the usual advice for determining the case is to form a clause mentally after 'than' to see whether the pronoun would be a subject or an object.
- Thus, the sentences He was more upset than I and She gave him more sympathy than I are to be understood, respectively, as He was more upset than I was and She gave him more sympathy than I gave him.
- In the second sentence, the use of the objective case after 'than' ( She gave him more sympathy than me ) would produce a different meaning ( She gave him more sympathy than she gave me ).
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The arrangement was more a formality than a genuine partnership of two nationsThis and your other examples are all varieties of the 'more...than' comparative structure. From Random House:
Usage note Whether 'than' is to be followed by the objective or subjective case of a pronoun is much discussed in usage guides. When, as a conjunction, 'than' introduces
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