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Hello, my name is Bruno Hanauer, I'm from Brazil and I was an english teacher for more than 2 years and I'd be grateful if someone could help me. I saw the following sentence in a test and I want to know somebody opinion about it. The sentence is: "Of all tour ships, this is our bigger". In my humble opinion the right sentence would be: Of all tour ships, this is our biggest. Am I right? Thanks a million!

Bruno

YoungBuddy · Accepted Answer

Bruno Hanauer "Of all tour ships, this is our bigger"

I think it's common to me but I don't know exactly what's the grammar rule concerning this point

According to an article " Human Instinct : By Robert Winsto "
" It seems that because our bigger brains need time and experiences to develop in those first few years of life, one of evolution's solutions is to mold our emotions and understanding of life through play, so that we are as well prepared as possible for survival in the complex adult world."

So I am kinda lost as well, and willing to find out what's the grammatical rule about this point.
Thanks in Advance.

CalifJim · Answer

Bruno HanauerOf all tour ships, this is our biggest.

Right.

CJ

P.S. You have a question, a problem, or some difficulty, not a doubt. The word doubt is not used in English in the exact same contexts where it would be used in your native language.

CJ

YoungBuddy · Answer

My question for CJ

YoungBuddyAccording to an article " Human Instinct : By Robert Winsto "
" It seems that because our bigger brains need time and experiences to develop in those first few years of life, one of evolution's solutions is to mold our emotions and understanding of life through play, so that we are as well prepared as possible for survival in the complex adult world."

What about the term used in the article mentioned above .. what's the grammatical rule ?
I hear it often in the news, or documentaries
For example " Our bigger and better galaxy "

Thanks in Advance

CalifJim · Answer

This seems to be the intent: Our brains are bigger than those of any other animal.

The grammatical rule is that bigger is used in comparisons of two things (or two groups of things), as with a phrase beginning with than: bigger than the other one, happier than her sister, etc.; biggest is used to compare more than two, as with the phrase of all: biggest of all, best of all, etc.

CJ

YoungBuddy · Answer

CalifJimThe grammatical rule is that bigger is used in comparisons of two things (or two groups of things), as with a phrase beginning with than: bigger than the other one, happier than her sister, etc.; biggest is used to compare more than two, as with the phrase of all: biggest of all, best of all, etc.

I know the rule of superlative and comparative
But I thought there would be exceptions, such as the case for conditional sentences, in which there are mainly three types of conditional sentences but there are other exceptions.
Anyway, Thank you CJ

Bruno Hanauer · Answer

All right, you know,sometimes the biggest challenge is to know exactly how to use some words and expressions. Talking about my question, it really sounds ok to say: "of all tour ships, this is our bigger" but as you said when you're comparing more than 2 things, you must use the superlative, that's the reason why I thought it's far better to say "this is our biggest". And thank you for the tip regarding the word doubt, I thinks this word means when you can't decide between things, or something like that.

Since you're a very knoledgeable person, I'd like to ask you another question, in another test, a multiple choice one, there was a question in which you sould choose the best opcion to express the same thing as the sentence in bold, so the sentence in bold was: "I don't mind listenning to Pop music". And I saw this expression that I'm not very familiar with :" I have no mind listenning to Pop music." I selected the sentence saying that Pop music is not my favourite kind of music. But I wasn't very sure about....If you could solve my "problem" I'd be glad, because one of the best ways to learn is by discussing the things you're not sure about it. Thanks dude

CalifJim · Answer

Bruno HanauerI don't mind ~~listenning~~ listening to Pop music

This means: It doesn't bother me to listen to Pop music. Or: It's fine with me to listen to Pop music. Or: I don't find it disturbing to listen to Pop music.

Pop music is not my favourite kind of music. This doesn't mean the same as the quoted sentence above.

I have no mind listening to Pop music. This doesn't mean anything. It's nonsense. Sometimes they make one or more choices on an exam pure nonsense just to confuse the students.

CJ

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