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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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less young than

0Hello02br
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00I'm sorry I've made a mistake in the previous posting.02br
00I should have written as follows.02br
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00I have a question. Have a look at the four sentences below.02br
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00[1] Mary is older than Beth.02br
00[2] Beth is younger than Mary. 02br
00[3] Beth is less old than Mary.02br
00[4] Mary is less young than Beth.02br
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00I think they all say the same thing at least logically.02br
00#3 may sound a bit weird, but I think it's acceptable in certain contexts.02br
00How about #4? Is it wrong? 02br
00If so, I am wondering why #3 is acceptable but #4 is not.02br
00Could you give me any reason to it?02br
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00Thank you in advance.0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I have a question. 02br 00How about #4? Is it wrong?

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I have a question.
  • 02br 00How about #4?
  • Is it wrong?
  • 00 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Here's what I think.
  • When we speak of age, we think of it as a number.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I have a question. Have a look at the four sentences below.02br
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00[1] Mary is older than Beth.02br
00[2] Beth is younger than Mary.02font02br
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01font00 [3] Beth is less old than Mary.02br
00[4] Mary is less young than Be
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01cite10Clive12cite11font10Here's what I think. When we speak of age, we think of it as a number. If you say 'less old', the word less' makes me intuitively think of a lower number. If you say 'less young', the word 'less' makes me think of a lower number yet what I am really supposed to do is think of a higher
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