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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

More often than not, strangers are rude.

More often than not, strangers are rude.

Does it mean more often than not more often, strangers are rude?
  

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I think that's a terribly confusing way to interpret it, and it's not right. You are again trying to add words that were never omitted. Strangers are more often rude than polite.

  • I think that's a terribly confusing way to interpret it, and it's not right.
  • You are again trying to add words that were never omitted.
  • Strangers are more often rude than polite.
  • Strangers are more often rude than not rude.
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I think that's a terribly confusing way to interpret it, and it's not right. You are again trying to add words that were never omitted.

Strangers are more often rude than polite.

Strangers are more often rude than not rude.

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