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Qingqing Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

How to understand the sentences?

--Mary doesn't think much of David.
--It can't be worse than his of her.

Can anyone help me to paraphrase it?
  

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-- Mary has a low opinion of David. -- It can't be worse than ... (Something is wrong here.

— CalifJim

  • -- Mary has a low opinion of David.
  • -- It can't be worse than ...
  • (Something is wrong here.
  • ) his opinion of her???
  • Is that what you're trying to say?
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-- Mary has a low opinion of David.
-- It can't be worse than ... ??? (Something is wrong here. This is not English.) Emotion: smile
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-- Mary doesn't think much of David.
-- It can't be worse than his of her.


My guess is:
-- Mary doesn't direct much of her attention to David.
-- Mary's feeling towards David can't be worse than David's feeling towards Mary.

paco
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Paco,

"doesn't think much of" is an idiom for "has a low opinion of"; it doesn't mean "doesn't pay much attention to".

If taken literally -- not a likely interpretation for this isolated example -- it means "doesn't think of ... frequently".

CJ
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Hello CJ

I confused "think of a person" and "be thinking of a person".
Thank you for correcting my wrong understanding.

paco
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