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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Ironically speaking, he is quite intelligent than a donkey.
Is the following sentence correct?
Ironically speaking, he is quite intelligent than a donkey.
Ironically speaking, he is quite intelligent than a donkey.
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Hi J If you want to have than , you need a comparative: Ironically speaking, he is more intellligent than a monkey. If you can't have a comparative, English is flexible enough to accommodate a pronoun that looks like a comparative: No oth er person than the one I spoke to yesterday will do. CB
- Hi J If you want to have than , you need a comparative: Ironically speaking, he is more intellligent than a monkey.
- If you can't have a comparative, English is flexible enough to accommodate a pronoun that looks like a comparative: No oth er person than the one I spoke to yesterday will do.
- CB
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Hi J
If you want to have than, you need a comparative:
Ironically speaking, he is more intellligent than a monkey.
If you can't have a comparative, English is flexible enough to accommodate a pronoun that lookslike a comparative:
If you want to have than, you need a comparative:
Ironically speaking, he is more intellligent than a monkey.
If you can't have a comparative, English is flexible enough to accommodate a pronoun that lookslike a comparative:
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Hi jackson,
No, not to me. When we use the word "Ironically ..." we typically imply a reference to something mentioned in previous context which is contrary to the fact or what appeared to be factual at the present. i.e.
1) Paul was a never a popular guy, nor had I seen him come close to having a date when he was a teenager .
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No, not to me. When we use the word "Ironically ..." we typically imply a reference to something mentioned in previous context which is contrary to the fact or what appeared to be factual at the present. i.e.
1) Paul was a never a popular guy, nor had I seen him come close to having a date when he was a teenager .
Ironical
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