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Jackson6612 Posted 17 years ago
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Controversial talk shows or move its operations out of the country

Question 1:
Wouldn't it have been more clearer if it were broadcast operations?

In June 2008, the UAE Government asked GEO to drop 2 of its controversial talk shows or move its operations out of the country.

Question 2:
I wrote above: Wouldn't it have been more clearer.... Isn't it a wrong sentence? clearer is already a word which is used to compare two things, therefore using more alongside clearer would just add redundancy.
  

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1-- Not necessarily; in fact, the adjective may overlimit the extent of operations, for all I know. It is written to the level of comprehension of the expected reader.

2-- Yes, your sentence is wrong; why did you not simply fix it?
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Mister Micawber.
1--  Not necessarily; in fact, the adjective may overlimit the extent of operations, for all I know.  It is written to the level of comprehension of the expected reader.

2-- Yes, your sentence is wrong; why did you not simply fix it?
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Thank you for the explanation.

1: Please explain the bold part. I couldn
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1-- Because the operations referred to may be more than just broadcasting, the adjective
'broadcast' may be too limiting; there is no way to judge from the context, however.

2-- I think you should know by now without advice that more calmer, more better, more happier are wrong formations.
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Mister Micawber2-- I think you should know by now without advice that more calmer, more better, more happier are wrong formations.
Dear Mr Micawber

What you are saying has a point. But I wasn't studying English for the last 3-4 months. So my English at the moment is quite rusty. The help I receive from you and other members does have a positive
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Congratulations on your good TOEFL score, Jackson. How do you like the iBT compared to the old paper test?
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