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Hela Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Correct a sentence with intensifier
Dear teachers,
I have some hesitation about the following sentences. Would you please tell me which ones are incorrect?
1) He is such a rude man to talk to.
2) No one ever talks to such a rude man.
3) No one ever talks to him because he is such a rude man (grammatically correct?)
4) I have too little time to help you.
5) I haven't too much time to help you.
Many thanks,
Hela
I have some hesitation about the following sentences. Would you please tell me which ones are incorrect?
1) He is such a rude man to talk to.
2) No one ever talks to such a rude man.
3) No one ever talks to him because he is such a rude man (grammatically correct?)
4) I have too little time to help you.
5) I haven't too much time to help you.
Many thanks,
Hela
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1) He is such a rude man to talk to. OK 2) No one ever talks to such a rude man. ) OK 4) I have too little time to help you.
- 1) He is such a rude man to talk to.
- OK 2) No one ever talks to such a rude man.
- ) OK 4) I have too little time to help you.
- OK 5) I haven't too much time to help you.
- Yes, sometimes, but not often, is used in negatives to intensify.
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1) He is such a rude man to talk to. OK
2) No one ever talks to such a rude man. OK
3) No one ever talks to him because he is such a rude man (grammatically correct?) OK
4) I have too little time to help you. OK
5) I haven't too much time to help you.
Yes, sometimes, but not often, is used in negatives to intensify. It means something lik
2) No one ever talks to such a rude man. OK
3) No one ever talks to him because he is such a rude man (grammatically correct?) OK
4) I have too little time to help you. OK
5) I haven't too much time to help you.
Yes, sometimes, but not often, is used in negatives to intensify. It means something lik
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A minor but interesting sidetrip, JTT: how much do you think #1 needs an exclamation point? I feel it would improve the 'naturalness' of the sentence, but I have never pursued the effect of this end punctuation. Certainly all intensifiers to do not elicit exclamations, but this one seems like it needs it here.
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You know, for the life of me, I don't know, Mr M. I can honestly say that I've only ever heard when they shouldn't be used. I use them, but I don't know how to explain why or when. I guess it's a feeling, you've got one now that 1 should get one. If I'da [:>] written it myself, I may well have added one.
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Why stop at a exclamation point? Use an emoticon!
Hee, hee, Mr. M!
Hee, hee, Mr. M!
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Dear teachers,
5) I haven't too much time to help you.
Yes, sometimes, but not often, is used in negatives to intensify. It means something like , but 'very' is more common or even just,
I haven't much time to help you.
With the inclusion of the negative most often would shift to a
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Dear teachers,
Are the following sentences correct ?
1) He’s stingy ENOUGH for his wife to leave him. (intensifying adverb)
2) My uncle has ENOUGH money to buy an aeroplane. (determiner and not an intensifying adverb ?)
Many thanks,
Hela
Are the following sentences correct ?
1) He’s stingy ENOUGH for his wife to leave him. (intensifying adverb)
2) My uncle has ENOUGH money to buy an aeroplane. (determiner and not an intensifying adverb ?)
Many thanks,
Hela
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Yes. (Keep in mind that the word order is not necessarily the distinction-- you could have written 'money enough'.)
I don't know how current your spelling of 'airplane' is-- is that BrE?
I don't know how current your spelling of 'airplane' is-- is that BrE?
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Dear teachers,
Would you please tell me which of the following sentences are possible ? Do they have the same meaning ?
1) That book is so boring that I cannot finish it. =
a) That book is too boring to finish (?)
b) That book is too boring to be finished.
c) That book is too boring for me to finish.
2) My uncle has so muc
Would you please tell me which of the following sentences are possible ? Do they have the same meaning ?
1) That book is so boring that I cannot finish it. =
a) That book is too boring to finish (?)
b) That book is too boring to be finished.
c) That book is too boring for me to finish.
2) My uncle has so muc
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