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Navitasan Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
More towards
Are these sentences correct:
1) The cases we are examining now are more towards fraud than honest mistakes.
2) The cases we are examining now are more of frauds than of honest mistakes.
3) The cases we are examining now are more frauds than honest mistakes.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) The cases we are examining now are more towards fraud than honest mistakes.
2) The cases we are examining now are more of frauds than of honest mistakes.
3) The cases we are examining now are more frauds than honest mistakes.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
I find only the third reasonably natural.
- I find only the third reasonably natural.
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Thank you very much, Mr. Micawber,
Does:
3) The cases we are examining now are more frauds than honest mistakes.
mean:
3a) Among the cases we are examining now there are more frauds than honest mistakes.
or:
Does:
3) The cases we are examining now are more frauds than honest mistakes.
mean:
3a) Among the cases we are examining now there are more frauds than honest mistakes.
or:
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navitasanI think it means '3b', but I am not entirely sure it couldn't have both meanings.I agree. The first impression you get is that it's 3b, but you can't rule out completely that the writer didn't mean 3a but didn't express it as precisely as he could have.
CJ
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