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Magic-dragon Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

He is far the wisest of all.

I'd be happy if someone would answer my question. Thanks in advance.

Are the following 2 sentences correct and the same in meaning?

A: He is by far the wisest of all.

B: He is far the wisest of all.
  

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Hi Magic-dragon I would only use sentence A.

  • Hi Magic-dragon I would only use sentence A.
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Hi Magic-dragon

I would only use sentence A.
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I'd be happy if someone would answer my question. Thanks in advance.

Are the following 2 sentences correct and the same in meaning?

A: He is by far the wisest of all.

B: He is far the wisest of all.
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Hi Magic-dragon

Sentence A is correct. I would not omit the word 'by'.

By the way, you've already asked this question once:
He is far the wisest of all.

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