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Riglos Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

I love you more than anybody else.

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00I find the following sentence a little problematic and ambiguous:02br
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00I love you more than anybody else.02br
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00Does this mean that I love you more than anybody else does or that I love you more than I love anybody else?02br
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00Thanks a lot!02br
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00Mara.0-
  

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— Nona the brit

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0It means that you love several people but this is the one you love most.02br
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00It could mean that you love this person more than anyone else loves this person.0-
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0So, from what you say, Nona, it could have both meanings. So how would you disambiguate the sentence?02br
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00Thanks!02br
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0You add more words.02br
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00I love you more than anybody else loves you.02br
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00I love you more than I love anybody else.0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Quite so. 02br
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00But in the real world, if you say this in the right context and at the right moment, your lover will not find it problematic and ambiguous. If he/she breaks off the passionate embrace and begins to question your meaning, I suggest that you have worse problems to deal with than unclear grammar.02br
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