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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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Do you find it easier to understand
Do you find it easier to understand someone who speaks English with a British accent or an American accent?
I presume it acts as a dummy object in the above to substitute for the real object--to understand someone who speaks English with a British accent or an American accent.
My question is why the base sentence takes a comparative adjective "easier" even though there is only one object? Namely, now that there are no two objects to compare with each other, why does the sentence still use the comparative degree?
I presume it acts as a dummy object in the above to substitute for the real object--to understand someone who speaks English with a British accent or an American accent.
My question is why the base sentence takes a comparative adjective "easier" even though there is only one object? Namely, now that there are no two objects to compare with each other, why does the sentence still use the comparative degree?
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Hey, but there are two objects in your sentence: 1. Understanding someone who speaks AmE. 2.
- Hey, but there are two objects in your sentence: 1.
- Understanding someone who speaks AmE.
- 2.
- Understanding someone who speaks BrE.
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Hey, but there are two objects in your sentence:
1. Understanding someone who speaks AmE.
2. Understanding someone who speaks BrE.
1. Understanding someone who speaks AmE.
2. Understanding someone who speaks BrE.
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