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Drawer Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

less likely

Hi,

If you focus on what you're doing, you are more likely to make less mistakes.

If you focus on what you're doing, you are less likely to make many mistakes.

Which one sounds better?

anther question:

Elephants are such heavy animals that they can suffer from injuries serious / seriously enough to lead to death if they fall down.

Serious or seriously? Why?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

In the first two sentences, either is ok if you change the first to read fewer mistakes , which are countable. Serious modifies injuries , even though the normal word order is reversed.

  • In the first two sentences, either is ok if you change the first to read fewer mistakes , which are countable.
  • Serious modifies injuries , even though the normal word order is reversed.
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In the first two sentences, either is ok if you change the first to read fewer mistakes, which are countable.
Serious modifies injuries, even though the normal word order is reversed.
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but isn't the sentence

they suffer seriously enough to lead to death?

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