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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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More than anything

I need to write this, how to say

She thought she'd make money by investing in his company but she's going to lose money more than anything. The company's stocks are going to freefall soon.

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She thought she'd make money by investing in his company. She won't . The company's stock is going into a freefall soon.

  • She thought she'd make money by investing in his company.
  • She won't .
  • The company's stock is going into a freefall soon.
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She thought she'd make money by investing in his company.

She won't. The company's stock is going into a freefall soon.
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Anonymous

I need to write this, how to say

She thought she'd make money by investing in his company but she's going to lose money more than anything. The company's stocks are going to freefall soon.


I thank in advance
If you try to use the phrase "more than anything" in a sentence, the above isn't a good one in my opinion.
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Is it not idiomatic to say

If you invest in the company, you're going to lose money more than anything.

can you use freefall as verb?

the stock is going to freefall.
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I don't see the purpose of using "more than anything" in the sentence
AnonymousIf you invest in the company, you're going to lose money more than anything.
If you intend to say "X company has 4 loosing quarters and if you invest in that company you are like to losse your money. The phrase really doesn't modify or add to the sentence which is very cl
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Anonymous
Can you use freefall as a verb?

For example, the stock is going to freefall.
Hi,

No. The term "free-fall" is used as a noun only.

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According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freefall

it's also an intransitive noun, and the example is given as "Sales were in free fall."

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