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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

I like more my car

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01b01i00I like more my car than that one.02br
00I trust more my dictionary than yours.02i02b02br
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00I think they should be:02br
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01i01b00I like my car more than that one.02br
00I trust my dictionary more than yours.02br
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02b02i00Thanks. 050010id1
  

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02br 02br 00Clive0-

— Clive

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0Hi,02br
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00You're right.02br
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0Thank you 050010id1
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0 "Strict Adjacency Principle"!!!02br
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00Verb complements must immediately follow the verb -- no intervening words, please! 05002br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10"Strict Adjacency Principle"!!!12br
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10Verb complements must immediately follow the verb -- no intervening words, please! 15012br
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00you mean 01i00"don't put an adv
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0 ... between a verb and its complement in the same clause (i.e., without entering another clause) ...02br
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00 That is, as you said.02br
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00How's that? 05002br
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00If the sentence you saw was written by someone who usually writes good English, then it probably wasn't by me! 05102br
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