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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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He had [a more] than common power
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When he got hold of an idea it obsessed him, he could think of nothing else, and he had a more than common power to persuade himself of the reasonableness of what he wished to do.
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
I think "power" is implied after "a more."
If so, I was wondering how there is an indefinite article before an uncountable noun.
Thank you in advance for your help.
When he got hold of an idea it obsessed him, he could think of nothing else, and he had a more than common power to persuade himself of the reasonableness of what he wished to do.
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
I think "power" is implied after "a more."
If so, I was wondering how there is an indefinite article before an uncountable noun.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
" That is, the word "common" here means "ordinary": his power to persuade himself of the reasonableness of what he wished to do, was more than what is usual in a person.
- " That is, the word "common" here means "ordinary": his power to persuade himself of the reasonableness of what he wished to do, was more than what is usual in a person.
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The sense here is: "...he had a more than [ordinary]...power to persuade himself of the ..." That is, the word "common" here means "ordinary": his power to persuade himself of the reasonableness of what he wished to do, was more than what is usual in a person.
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park sang joonhe had a more than common power~ he had a power that was more than common (more than the amount of power that is commonly seen in people)
park sang joonI think "power" is implied after "a more."As you see above, no.
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