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Sitifan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Even more (so); some/any
1. Programmers describe debugging other's programs as trying to perform an autopsy. It's very difficult to operate, and even more to correct any problems.
2. Programmers describe debugging other's programs as trying to perform an autopsy. It's very difficult to operate, and even more to correct some problems.
3. Programmers describe debugging other's programs as trying to perform an autopsy. It's very difficult to operate, and even more so to correct any problems.
4. Programmers describe debugging other's programs as trying to perform an autopsy. It's very difficult to operate, and even more so to correct some problems.
Which of the above options is grammatically correct?
2. Programmers describe debugging other's programs as trying to perform an autopsy. It's very difficult to operate, and even more to correct some problems.
3. Programmers describe debugging other's programs as trying to perform an autopsy. It's very difficult to operate, and even more so to correct any problems.
4. Programmers describe debugging other's programs as trying to perform an autopsy. It's very difficult to operate, and even more so to correct some problems.
Which of the above options is grammatically correct?
Top answer
Programmers describe debugging others' programs as like trying to perform an autopsy. It's very difficult to operate, and even more difficult to correct any problems. [Y ou don't "correct problems" at an autopsy]
- Programmers describe debugging others' programs as like trying to perform an autopsy.
- It's very difficult to operate, and even more difficult to correct any problems.
- [Y ou don't "correct problems" at an autopsy]
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Programmers describe debugging others' programs as like trying to perform an autopsy. It's very difficult to operate, and even more difficult to correct any problems. [You don't "correct problems" at an autopsy]
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Mr Wordy [You don't "correct problems" at an autopsy]Therin lies a similarity.
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AvangiTherin lies a similarity.
I guess...
I think I'm just having a mental blank with this particular metaphor!
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To me, when I read a sentence, how well the words flow grammatically is just as critical as the grammaticality of the sentence. I also got stumped on the 2 words , "operate" and "autopsy". Somehow, the metaphor didn't quite fit the picture you tried to paint. If I had to pick one reluctantly, I woud say # 3 is the closest with some revising.
3. Programmers describe debugging other's pro
3. Programmers describe debugging other's pro
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Well, I can see some logic in comparing the debugging of someone else's program to an autopsy in that a bug-ridden program may well be a program that doesn't run at all (i.e. it's "dead") or it might be a program that "dies" repeatedly (i.e. crashes all the time). The use of the word "operate" may well have simply been a tongue-in-cheek play on words: a bug-ridden program is difficult to operate
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However, to me, "even more so" is awkward in the sentence. Like Mr Wordy, my preference would be to repeat the word "difficult" (i.e. "even more difficult").
I echo that! I simply tried to retain the highlighted words used in the original question.
I echo that! I simply tried to retain the highlighted words used in the original question.
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YankeeThe use of the word "operate" may well have simply been a tongue-in-cheek play on words: a bug-ridden program is difficult to operate and it's also difficult to operate on a corpse.
It seems plausible, but I can't get that to work -- not with the original wording anyway. As written, "It's very difficult to operate" has to be an intransitive use of "
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I think you guys are trying to take this way too literally. The author's just having some fun. The questioner's asking about the use of "even more."
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