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English 1b3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

'... ever smaller pieces of land.'

The elephants are being forced onto ever/increasingly smaller pieces of land.

Are both 'ever' and 'increasingly' correct here, and which is your preference?

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The elephants are being forced onto ever/increasingly smaller pieces of land. Are both 'ever' and 'increasingly' correct here, and which is your preference? The elephants are being forced onto ever-smaller pieces of land.

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  • The elephants are being forced onto ever/increasingly smaller pieces of land.
  • Are both 'ever' and 'increasingly' correct here, and which is your preference?
  • The elephants are being forced onto ever-smaller pieces of land.
  • OK The elephants are being forced onto increasingly smaller pieces of land.
  • OK, but I don't like the phrase 'increasingly smaller'.
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The elephants are being forced onto ever/increasingly smaller pieces of land.

Are both 'ever' and 'increasingly' correct here, and which is your preference?

The elephants are being forced onto ever-smaller pieces of land. OK


The elephants are being forced onto increasingly smaller pieces
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Infelicitous, nice word Emotion: smile

Smaller and smaller is definitely an improvement, as is the word territories.

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