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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
"Do you want more (coffee)?"
"Do you want more coffee?"
I think that we also can say, Do you want more? if we know what it is in context, right? And then what might be omitted here?
Perhaps next year more of us will be able to afford holidays abroad.
Our plane took off more than two hours late.
You'd better take some more of your medicine.
Don't waste any more of my time.
They might be more people of us, more hours of two hours, some more medicine of your medicine, and any more time of my time?
Or there is no omission or although they can be written, they are not necessary? What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
I think that we also can say, Do you want more? if we know what it is in context, right? And then what might be omitted here?
Perhaps next year more of us will be able to afford holidays abroad.
Our plane took off more than two hours late.
You'd better take some more of your medicine.
Don't waste any more of my time.
They might be more people of us, more hours of two hours, some more medicine of your medicine, and any more time of my time?
Or there is no omission or although they can be written, they are not necessary? What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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"I think that we also can say, Do you want more? if we know what it is in context, right? Right.
- "I think that we also can say, Do you want more?
- if we know what it is in context, right?
- Right.
- But nothing has been 'omitted'.
- Perhaps next year more of us will be able to afford holidays abroad.
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Hans51"Do you want more coffee?"I think that we also can say, Do you want more? if we know what it is in context, right?Right. But nothing has been 'omitted'.
Hans51And then what might be omitted here?Perhaps next year more of us will be able to afford holidays abroad. Our plane took off more than two hours late.You'd better take some
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Thank you so much and how about these ones?
more amounts of the money =? more of the money
more numbers of us =? more of us
And are there any examples you can think of now with "more + nouns of the nouns or pronoun" phrases?
more amounts of the money =? more of the money
more numbers of us =? more of us
And are there any examples you can think of now with "more + nouns of the nouns or pronoun" phrases?
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Hans51and how about these ones?more amounts of the money =? more of the moneymore numbers of us =? more of usNo, sorry. No good.
Hans51And are there any examples you can think of now with "more + nouns of the nouns or pronoun" phrases?Offhand, I cannot. Even such simple attempts as 'Do you want more [pieces of pizza]?' o
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