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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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It was a fierce competition

0It was a fiece competition between the two brothers to see who the fastest runner was.02br
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02br 02br 00The competition between the two brothers was fierce to see which was the faster runner. )0-

— Avangi

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0I seem to recognize this sentence.02br
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00The competition between the two brothers was fierce to see which was the faster runner. (01i00Who02i00 is okay, but I'm thinking 01i00which02i00 brother.)0-
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0Thanks, Avangi.02br
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00Your version sounds excellent to me. Does that mean the original doesn't sound good?0-
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01cite10Angliholic12cite10It was a fiece competition between the two brothers to see who the fastest runner was.12blockquote
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00<P mce_keep="true">I'm not too crazy about the "It."  Perhaps "There was a . . ." would be better.  Also,
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0Sorry about the code, Angliholic. The posting was misbehaving, and that was all I could get. I assume you worked your way through it.02br
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00I can imagine some special context which would allow "fastest." Perhaps the brothers were competing in a race between 50 people, but that would be a reach. 0-
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10Sorry about the code, Angliholic. The posting was misbehaving, and that was all I could get. I assume you worked your way through it.12br
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10I can imagine some special context which would allow "fastest." Perhaps the brothers were competing in a race between 50 people, 11u10
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01cite10Angliholic12cite10By the way, what does "that would be a reach" mean?12blockquote
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00Hi, I was looking for some confirmation, but didn't have much luck. To me, it's one of those expressions for going beyond the normal. "Pushing the envelope" is usually thought of as good. "Going beyond the pale" is us
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0Thanks, Avangi.02br
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00And I think we also have this similar expression in our language. By the way, if I want to put emphasis on the idea of "reach," is it all right to say "That would be too much a reach" or "That's too extreme a reach?" 0-
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0We say, "too much of a reach," "a bit of a reach." The "of" is always there, like "too much of a good thing." "I took too much of a nap." "I have a bit of a headache."02br
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00We tend to quantify it, describing the 01u00size02u00 of the reach - big, small, huge. "Extreme" focuses on the difficulty rather than the size, and I don't often hea
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0Thanks, Avangi.02br
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