Double Comparative
Can anyone make me understood by simple sentences what the author want to say in marked sentences in the picture?
Is there double comparative in the sentence? And what's the grammar rule applied in that?
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The pattern of both sentences is "I knew better than to X". This means that the speaker was wise or sensible enough not to do X. In the first sentence, X is "bet more than I could afford to lose that night", which hopefully you can understand.
- The pattern of both sentences is "I knew better than to X".
- This means that the speaker was wise or sensible enough not to do X.
- In the first sentence, X is "bet more than I could afford to lose that night", which hopefully you can understand.
- In the second sentence, he is talking about betting "himself".
- It needs more context to fully understand what this would entail, but basically it seems to mean taking a gamble on his own life.
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The pattern of both sentences is "I knew better than to X". This means that the speaker was wise or sensible enough not to do X.
In the first sentence, X is "bet more than I could afford to lose that night", which hopefully you can understand.
In the second sentence, he is talking about betting "himself". It needs more context to fully understand what this would entail, but basical
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