In small measure
Hi,
Can ‘in small measure’ be used like this’?
I’m talking about the last day of an exhibition.
A: “The coffee break should be a bit sooner than at 16:30 because dismantling will start at 16:15, so there’ll be a lot of hustle and bustle.”
B: “You don’t have to worry about it. The coffee break will only be in small measure. It won’t interfere with the dismantling.”
Thank you.
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" In this example, "in small measure" describes the degree to which the dismantling exhausted us, and not the dismantling. " In the above example, ISM describes distract. " In the above example, ISM describes interrupt.
- " In this example, "in small measure" describes the degree to which the dismantling exhausted us, and not the dismantling.
- " In the above example, ISM describes distract.
- " In the above example, ISM describes interrupt.
- " In the above example, ISM describes delay.
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No, because "in small measure", or, as it seems to be more commonly used, "in no small measure", is an adverbial phrase, meaning that it describes verbs, not nouns; for example, "The dismantling exhausted us only in small measure." In this example, "in small measure" describes the degree to which the dismantling exhausted us, and not the dismantling. Using ISM as an abbreviation for "in small
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