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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
EXTRA/ANOTHER/ADDITIONAL/MORE
Hi teachers,
Could you possibly help me use the adjectives EXTRA/ANOTHER/ADDITIONAL/MORE correctly .
Can I say as below with the same meaning ?
I'm still hungry.I want to eat one more bowl of rice
I'm still hungry.I want to eat another bowl of rice
I'm still hungry.I want to eat an additional bowl of rice
I'm still hungry.I want to eat an extra bowl of rice.
Thank you in advance
Could you possibly help me use the adjectives EXTRA/ANOTHER/ADDITIONAL/MORE correctly .
Can I say as below with the same meaning ?
I'm still hungry.I want to eat one more bowl of rice
I'm still hungry.I want to eat another bowl of rice
I'm still hungry.I want to eat an additional bowl of rice
I'm still hungry.I want to eat an extra bowl of rice.
Thank you in advance
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Hi Tuongvan, All four statements below are grammatically correct, and all mean much the same thing, but some are more likely to be used by native English speakers than others. I've put them in the order that I think they are most likely to be heard. 1.
- Hi Tuongvan, All four statements below are grammatically correct, and all mean much the same thing, but some are more likely to be used by native English speakers than others.
- I've put them in the order that I think they are most likely to be heard.
- 1.
- I want to eat another bowl of rice - this seems to me to be the most common, and natural, way of saying it.
- 2.
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Hi Tuongvan,
All four statements below are grammatically correct, and all mean much the same thing, but some are more likely to be used by native English speakers than others. I've put them in the order that I think they are most likely to be heard.
1. I'm still hungry.I want to eat another bowl of rice - this seems to me to be the most common, and natural, way of saying it.
All four statements below are grammatically correct, and all mean much the same thing, but some are more likely to be used by native English speakers than others. I've put them in the order that I think they are most likely to be heard.
1. I'm still hungry.I want to eat another bowl of rice - this seems to me to be the most common, and natural, way of saying it.
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Thank you yizhivika very much.
By the way, I wonder whther you could help me understand the usage of ADDITIONAL, MORE, FURTHER, EXTRA, by giving the usage rule for these words.
Can I say:
We need another 20 workers / $20,000 for the project.
We need an extra 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need a further 20 workers / $20,000 for the pro
By the way, I wonder whther you could help me understand the usage of ADDITIONAL, MORE, FURTHER, EXTRA, by giving the usage rule for these words.
Can I say:
We need another 20 workers / $20,000 for the project.
We need an extra 20 workers / $20,000 for the project
We need a further 20 workers / $20,000 for the pro
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