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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Is life simple?

Hello, I'm little bit confused about the following sentence.

"It isn't simple, anymore than life is simple."

I think anymore should be any more.

Then, is life simple?

Which interrpetation is correct:

1. Life is simple, but "It" is not simple.

2. As life is not simple as it is said it is, "It" is not simple.
  

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Hi, It seems like "anymore" is mistakenly used. 1. It isn't simpler than life / life is - Life is simpler than what has been said ("it").

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  • Hi, It seems like "anymore" is mistakenly used.
  • 1.
  • It isn't simpler than life / life is - Life is simpler than what has been said ("it").
  • 2.
  • It isn't as simple as life - The same meaning as in the first sentence.
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Hi,

It seems like "anymore" is mistakenly used.

1. It isn't simpler than life / life is - Life is simpler than what has been said ("it").

2. It isn't as simple as life - The same meaning as in the first sentence.

Regards
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The sentence is correct. The sentence means: It (whatever is under discussion) isn't simple. Is life simple? Certainly not. Life is very complicated. And it is like life, very complicated.
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Rino"It isn't simple, anymore than life is simple."

I think anymore should be any more.
Right. It should.

RinoThen, is life simple?
The premise of the statement is that life is not simple.

Life is not at all simple.

'It' isn't simple to any greater degree than
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