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Ella Ye Posted 6 years ago
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Can someone please help to confirm this?

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I think it should be 'more of a living testament to' ?

The subtitle shows 'more living testament to' .

  

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She does say "more living testament", which is wrong, but "more of a living testament" would be wrong, too, because that would mean that it was already a living testament. "More a living testament" would be right. Her bare form requires a foil.

  • She does say "more living testament", which is wrong, but "more of a living testament" would be wrong, too, because that would mean that it was already a living testament.
  • "More a living testament" would be right.
  • Her bare form requires a foil.
  • " You couldn't say that he was more cowboy than before.
  • He would have to be more of a cowboy than before.
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She does say "more living testament", which is wrong, but "more of a living testament" would be wrong, too, because that would mean that it was already a living testament. "More a living testament" would be right. Her bare form requires a foil.

An example of the bare form is "He was more cowboy than politician." You couldn't say that he was more cowboy than before. He would have to be mo

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Ella YeThe subtitle shows 'more living testament to' .

Yes, it does. And that's what the narrator says.

The narrator may have read the script wrong.

Ella YeI think it should be 'more of a living testament to'. ? [It's not a question.]

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