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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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00(a) The city is nosier but the village is quiet.02br
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00(b) The city is nosier but the countryside / outskirt is lonely. 0-
  

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0I don't think either one works. In making this sort of a comparison I believe the adjectives should be parallel. 01i 00Noisier02i 00 (check spelling) is a comparative.

— Avangi

  • 0I don't think either one works.
  • In making this sort of a comparison I believe the adjectives should be parallel.
  • 01i 00Noisier02i 00 (check spelling) is a comparative.
  • 01i 00 Quiet02i 00 and 01i 00lonely02i 00 are not.
  • Make them both one way or the other: 01i 00The city is noisy, but the village is quiet.
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0I don't think either one works. In making this sort of a comparison I believe the adjectives should be parallel. 01i00Noisier02i00 (check spelling) is a comparative. 01i00 Quiet02i00 and 01i00lonely02i00 are not. Make them both one way or the other: 01i00The city is noisy, but the village is quiet. The city is n
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0 I'm pretty sure you mean "noisy" here.02br
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00(a) The city is 01b00noisy02b00 01del00nosier02del00 but the village is quiet.02br
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00In (b) I'm not sure you would ever juxtapose noisy/lonely but I suppose you could. "countryside", I think, is the only choice that fits here.02br
00So, (b
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01cite10Avangi12cite10The city is noisy but the outskirt11b11u10s are12u12b10 lonely.12blockquote
10Agreed, I should have thought of that.01blockquote
01cite10Avangi12cite10The city is noisy but the village is 11u10quieter / more qui
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0 The New York Times accepts both of them, but RayH is right:02br
0066 from nytimes.com for "is more quiet"02br
00 9,200 from nytimes.com for "is 01b00quieter02b00"0-
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