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MarvinTheMartian Posted 18 years ago
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hardly more violent
Hi,
Here's a sentence I wrote a few days ago:
"Some censors tend to be overzealous when it comes to violence - the fact is that today's action movies are hardly / barely (any) more violent than your average Tom & Jerry cartoon."
There doesn't seem to be any problem with the second half of the sentence, but for some reason, I can't help but think that there must be a better - and perhaps more idiomatic - way to express the same idea. What do you guys think?
Here's a sentence I wrote a few days ago:
"Some censors tend to be overzealous when it comes to violence - the fact is that today's action movies are hardly / barely (any) more violent than your average Tom & Jerry cartoon."
There doesn't seem to be any problem with the second half of the sentence, but for some reason, I can't help but think that there must be a better - and perhaps more idiomatic - way to express the same idea. What do you guys think?
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" There doesn't seem to be any problem with the second half of the sentence, but for some reason, I can't help but think that there must be a better - and perhaps more idiomatic - way to express the same idea. What do you guys think? What you wrote seems well-expressed to me.
- " There doesn't seem to be any problem with the second half of the sentence, but for some reason, I can't help but think that there must be a better - and perhaps more idiomatic - way to express the same idea.
- What do you guys think?
- What you wrote seems well-expressed to me.
- I'd put a period after 'violence'.
- Clive
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Hi,
Here's a sentence I wrote a few days ago:
"Some censors tend to be overzealous when it comes to violence - the fact is that today's action movies are hardly / barely (any) more violent than your average Tom & Jerry cartoon."
There doesn't seem to be any problem with the second half of the sentence, but for some reason, I can't help but think that there must b
Here's a sentence I wrote a few days ago:
"Some censors tend to be overzealous when it comes to violence - the fact is that today's action movies are hardly / barely (any) more violent than your average Tom & Jerry cartoon."
There doesn't seem to be any problem with the second half of the sentence, but for some reason, I can't help but think that there must b
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Okay, I'll take your word for it. Which form sounds best to your ears and why?
"hardly more violent than"
"hardly any more violent than"
"barely more violent than"
"barely any more violent than"
Thanks in advance.
"hardly more violent than"
"hardly any more violent than"
"barely more violent than"
"barely any more violent than"
Thanks in advance.
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Clivehardly any more violent than" sounds more idiomatic.In the given context or in general?
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