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Vsuresh Posted 15 years ago
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Is the sentence correct
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The more you go close to him, the lesser are the chances of his accepting you as a friend.
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The more you go close to him, the lesser are the chances of his accepting you as a friend.
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it is not correct you don't say more close but closer, so it should be: The closer you go to him, the lesser the chances are of his accepting you. (you say 'the chances are' because you should follow the pattern noun-verb)
- it is not correct you don't say more close but closer, so it should be: The closer you go to him, the lesser the chances are of his accepting you.
- (you say 'the chances are' because you should follow the pattern noun-verb)
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it is not correct
you don't say more close but closer, so it should be:
The closer you go to him, the lesser the chances are of his accepting you. (you say 'the chances are' because you should follow the pattern noun-verb)
you don't say more close but closer, so it should be:
The closer you go to him, the lesser the chances are of his accepting you. (you say 'the chances are' because you should follow the pattern noun-verb)
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I'd phrase it like this:
The closer you approach him, the less likely he is to accept you as a friend.
CJ
The closer you approach him, the less likely he is to accept you as a friend.
CJ
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