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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

less/more/much (of) plus noun

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00Can you help me to use the following types of phrases correctly? I have hard time seeing the differences contextually.02br
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00 borrowed phrases "less a need/less need' from a post in this forum:02br
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00less a need/clown/any countable noun?? vs. less of a need/clown/any countable noun?? vs. less need/suitable uncountable nouns??02br
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00more a need/clown/any countable noun?? vs. more of a need/clown/any countable noun?? vs. more need/suitable uncountable nouns??02br
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00much need/suitable uncountable nouns?? vs. much of need/suitable uncountable nouns??0-
  

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0Hmmm. You might have to quote specific sentences. I'm not sure what you're getting at.

  • 0Hmmm.
  • You might have to quote specific sentences.
  • I'm not sure what you're getting at.
  • 02br 00In general, however, 01i 00more 02i 00and01i 00 less02i 00 operate the same way.
  • 02br 00Here are a few examples.
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0Hmmm. You might have to quote specific sentences. I'm not sure what you're getting at. 02br
00In general, however, 01i00more 02i00and01i00 less02i00 operate the same way. 02br
00Here are a few examples. 02br
01i00This report has [more/less] importance than the other. 02i02br
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0Thank you. I am going to give you give this response from Clive from a thread named "article sentence analyses'.02br
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01font01b00From the article:02b02font02br
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01b01font00"We leave issues like spiritual discipline in the hands o
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10the word 'of' takes up specal importance in some sentences, wouldn't you say?? Why is that??12blockquote
10 Clive's sentence can be structured the same as those examples I gave you.02br
01i00*** is more (of) a need than a choice.02i00 = more 01b00like
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0Thank you, Jim02br
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00Sometimes, it surprises me to find how good your answer is.050010id1
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thank you all so much. you are more of kind teachers than forum net pals.Emotion: smile

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