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OttoJ Posted 11 years ago
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More beautiful
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-Mary and John are going out with each other. Mary is more beautiful than John is handsome.(=Mary stands in a higher position in terms of beauty compared with other girls than John stands in terms of handsomeness compared with other boys./The number of girls Mary is more beautiful than is higher than the number of boys John is more handsome than./Mary enjoys a greater admiration for her beauty among girls than John enjoys for his handsomeness among boys.)
-Mary and John are going out with each other. Mary is more beautiful than John is handsome.(=Mary stands in a higher position in terms of beauty compared with other girls than John stands in terms of handsomeness compared with other boys./The number of girls Mary is more beautiful than is higher than the number of boys John is more handsome than./Mary enjoys a greater admiration for her beauty among girls than John enjoys for his handsomeness among boys.)
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All of that is a great bunch of gobbledygook—both your sentence and your explanation, Otto. The world population is roughly 50% of each ***. '
- All of that is a great bunch of gobbledygook—both your sentence and your explanation, Otto.
- The world population is roughly 50% of each ***.
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All of that is a great bunch of gobbledygook—both your sentence and your explanation, Otto. The world population is roughly 50% of each ***. Just say 'Mary is better-looking than John.'
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