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Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
many / much + comparative + plural nouns
1. There are much nicer shops in the town center.
2. There are many nicer shops in the town center.
3. There are much prettier girls in this class.
4. There are many prettier girls in this class.
5. There are much more beautiful girls in this class.
6. There are many more beautiful girls in this class.
Which of the above sentences is NOT acceptable?
2. There are many nicer shops in the town center.
3. There are much prettier girls in this class.
4. There are many prettier girls in this class.
5. There are much more beautiful girls in this class.
6. There are many more beautiful girls in this class.
Which of the above sentences is NOT acceptable?
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None of them is unacceptable. They are all correct. Note the parsing: There are [much prettier] girls in this class.
- None of them is unacceptable.
- They are all correct.
- Note the parsing: There are [much prettier] girls in this class.
- (There are some girls who are not just prettier, but much prettier) There are [many] [prettier] girls in this class.
- ( There are many girls who are prettier -- but not necessarily much prettier) There are [many] [much prettier] girls in this class.
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None of them is unacceptable. They are all correct.
Note the parsing:
There are [much prettier] girls in this class. (There are some girls who are not just prettier, but much prettier)
There are [many] [prettier] girls in this class. ( There are many girls who are prettier -- but not necessarily much prettier)
There are [many] [much prettier] girls in this class
Note the parsing:
There are [much prettier] girls in this class. (There are some girls who are not just prettier, but much prettier)
There are [many] [prettier] girls in this class. ( There are many girls who are prettier -- but not necessarily much prettier)
There are [many] [much prettier] girls in this class
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How about the following two sentences?
7. There are much more girls in this class.
8. There are many more girls in this class.
7. There are much more girls in this class.
8. There are many more girls in this class.
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Use "many more" for a countable noun like that.
There are a significantly larger number of girls in this class.
There are a significantly larger number of girls in this class.
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There are many more beautiful girls in this class.
What does the above sentence mean?
(A) There are a lot of prettier girls in this class.
(B) There are a lot more pretty girls in this class.
What does the above sentence mean?
(A) There are a lot of prettier girls in this class.
(B) There are a lot more pretty girls in this class.
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"There are many [more beautiful] girls in this class."
"There are [many more] beautiful girls in this class."
I'd say you could only determine the exact meaning of that sentence based on the way it's spoken. The speaker would pause slightly and/or add stress to a particular word or words in order to
"There are [many more] beautiful girls in this class."
I'd say you could only determine the exact meaning of that sentence based on the way it's spoken. The speaker would pause slightly and/or add stress to a particular word or words in order to
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Teo1. There are much nicer shops in the town center.X
2. There are many nicer shops in the town center.
3. There are much prettier girls in this class.X
4. There are many prettier girls in this class.
5. There are much more beautiful girls in this class.X
6. There are many more beautiful girls in this class.
Which of t
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Anon, do you not see that "much nicer" can describe the type of shop, not the relative number?
Please see the posts by CalifJim and Yankee earlier in the thread.
Please see the posts by CalifJim and Yankee earlier in the thread.
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