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Inchoateknowledge Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

is this sentence correct?

1font00I have not seen that many crowded at the entrance.02font02br
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01i00"many (noun): a large or considerable number of persons or things"02i02br
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0 Hi Incho02br 02br 00TMM 05000 your sentence is wrong. 02br 00CB010id1

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0 Hi Incho02br
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00TMM 05000 your sentence is wrong. I would say:02br
01i00I have not seen that many people at the entrance, 02i00or:01i02br
00I have not seen such a crowd at the entrance.02i02br
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00Usually 01i00many + 02i00plural.02br
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0Hi CB02br
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00Thanks02br
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00and this:02br
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01font00"I have not seen that considerable number of persons crowded at the entrance"?02font02br
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01i00"01font00many02font00 (noun): a large or 01font
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0 Incho, the trouble with02br
01font00I have not seen that considerable number of persons crowded at the entrance02br
00is the fact that 01i00number02i00 requires an article: 01b00a02b00 large/great number of books. So, the sentence should read:02br
01i00I have not seen that consid
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0Hi Incho02br
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00You wrote, " 01i00While I agree with you that this sounds odd, still I cannot put my finger on the reason.02i02br
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01i00The dictionary says 01font00many = considerable 01b01font00amount02font02b00 00of persons."0
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0 I'd use: 02br
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01i00I've never seen that many (people)01b00 crowded02b00 at the entrance (of that place). 02br
00 I've never seen that many (people) 01b00crowding02b00 the entrance (of that place). 02br
00 I've never seen such a 01b00crowd02b00 at the entrance (of tha
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10Incho, the trouble with12br
11font10I have not seen that considerable number of persons crowded at the entrance12br
10is the fact that 11i10number12i10 requires an article: 11b10a12b10 large/great number of books. So
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0 01i00"I've never seen that many 01b00 crowded02b00 at the entrance." 02br
00So you think it is fine?02br
02i01font00Not the whole sentence, see my versions. 02font01i01font02br
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02font02i00Also see:01i01font
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10I'd use: 12br
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11i11font10I've never seen that many (people)11b10 crowded12b10 at the entrance12font10 (of that place). 12br
10 I've never seen that many (people) 11b10crowding12b10
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0 The "many crowded at" part seems fine to me, see BBC in my post above. 0-
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1b00c- I haven't seen that..................crowded.02b02br
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01b00a) many b) much02b02br
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00why is a) not correct02br
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00My opinion:02br
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00This would only be a correct sentence if crowd (verb) [T ] would take an object:02br
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