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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
LEAST vs LITTLE / BE vs BECOME
How would you say these 3 sentences please?
- Try to eat the least amount of meat possible/as little meat as possible.
- She could be/become dangerous. She's a mean person at heart.
- With a face like yours, how can he not like you.
Thank you
- Try to eat the least amount of meat possible/as little meat as possible.
- She could be/become dangerous. She's a mean person at heart.
- With a face like yours, how can he not like you.
Thank you
Top answer
e. extreme. 'Try to eat the least possible' could possibly result in listener not eating any, and that could be the speaker's intention.
- e.
- extreme.
- 'Try to eat the least possible' could possibly result in listener not eating any, and that could be the speaker's intention.
- Using least suggests that the speaker doesn't want the listener to eat at all the first place; however, being a little less direct, speaker says "eat the least amount".
- So even if the listener eats the meat, he'd not eat alot.
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Least is the superlative form i.e. extreme.
'Try to eat the least possible' could possibly result in listener not eating any, and that could be the speaker's intention. Using least suggests that the speaker doesn't want the listener to eat at all the first place; however, being a little less direct, speaker says "eat the least amount". So even if the listener eats the meat, he'd not eat
'Try to eat the least possible' could possibly result in listener not eating any, and that could be the speaker's intention. Using least suggests that the speaker doesn't want the listener to eat at all the first place; however, being a little less direct, speaker says "eat the least amount". So even if the listener eats the meat, he'd not eat
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