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Contraposition Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
more or less
What does nothing more or less mean?
In a matter of months, however, Albus’s own fame
had begun to eclipse that of his father. By the end of
his first year he would never again be known as the
son of a Muggle-hater, but as nothing more or less
than the most brilliant student ever seen at the school.
In a matter of months, however, Albus’s own fame
had begun to eclipse that of his father. By the end of
his first year he would never again be known as the
son of a Muggle-hater, but as nothing more or less
than the most brilliant student ever seen at the school.
Top answer
nothing more than the most brilliant student ever seen at the school and nothing less than the most brilliant student ever seen at the school In other words, "exactly" the most brilliant student ever seen at the school. Arguably there is nothing "more" than "most brilliant", but "more or less" is used anyway as a figure of speech.
- nothing more than the most brilliant student ever seen at the school and nothing less than the most brilliant student ever seen at the school In other words, "exactly" the most brilliant student ever seen at the school.
- Arguably there is nothing "more" than "most brilliant", but "more or less" is used anyway as a figure of speech.
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nothing more than the most brilliant student ever seen at the school
and
nothing less than the most brilliant student ever seen at the school
In other words, "exactly" the most brilliant student ever seen at the school.
Arguably there is nothing "more" than "most brilliant", but "more or less" is used anyway as a figure of speech.
and
nothing less than the most brilliant student ever seen at the school
In other words, "exactly" the most brilliant student ever seen at the school.
Arguably there is nothing "more" than "most brilliant", but "more or less" is used anyway as a figure of speech.
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