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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Is this natural?
"I've got a big ton of work to do."
"I've got a huge ton of work to do."
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No, it's not natural to include 'big' or 'huge'. A ton already means a lot,
- No, it's not natural to include 'big' or 'huge'.
- A ton already means a lot,
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No, it's not natural to include 'big' or 'huge'.
A ton already means a lot,
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anonymous"I've got a big ton of work to do."
"I've got a huge ton of work to do."
This reminds me of the self-styled poet who asked the British poet Edith Sitwell for advice. He told her he had a little sonnet that he wanted her to critique. She reminded him that all sonnets are the same size — fourteen lines, and that was the end of the crit
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