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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

More+noun and More like+noun

He is more a journalist than an editor.
He is more like a journalist than an editor.

1) Do the 2 sentences above have the same meaning, or do they have different meanings?

2) Is the meaning "He is a journalist but not an editor" or "He is a journalist and an editor but his being a journalist is more important"?
  

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Anonymous 1) Do the 2 sentences above have the same meaning, or do they have different meanings? The first is a stronger identification with the two occupations; the second suggests that he could actually have a third occupation. Anonymous 2) Is the meaning "He is a journalist but not an editor" or "He is a journalist and an editor but his being a journalist is more important"?

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous 1) Do the 2 sentences above have the same meaning, or do they have different meanings?
  • The first is a stronger identification with the two occupations; the second suggests that he could actually have a third occupation.
  • Anonymous 2) Is the meaning "He is a journalist but not an editor" or "He is a journalist and an editor but his being a journalist is more important"?
  • He does more reporting than editing.
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Anonymous1) Do the 2 sentences above have the same meaning, or do they have different meanings?
The first is a stronger identification with the two occupations; the second suggests that he could actually have a third occupation.
Anonymous2) Is the meaning "He is a journalist but not an editor" or "He is a journalist and an editor but hi
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Sorry that I didn't understand Mister Micawber's reply. Would you please explain it in a clearer way? Also, I have seen the headline "Mark Zuckerberg wants to be more like Iron Man in 2016" on internet (https://www.yahoo.com/tech/mark-zuckerberg-wants-more-iron-190621286.html), wh
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Anonymous "Mark Zuckerberg wants to be more like Iron Man in 2016" what is the difference of this sentence from the sentences "Mark Zuckerberg wants to be like Iron Man in 2016"
The difference is just the meaning of 'more'. See your dictionary.
AnonymousMark Zuckerberg wants to be Iron Man in 2016"?
He wants to put on a re
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I understand, thank you. "He is more a journalist than an editor" means he is a journalist and an editör but he does more reporting than editing. "He is more like a journalist than an editor" means he is like a journalist and he is also an editör but he does a job like reporting more than he does editing. "Mark Zuckerberg wants to be more like Iron Man in 2016" means he wants to be like Iron Man i
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"He is more a journalist than an editor" has two meanings: 1) He is a journalist and an editor but he does more reporting than editing, 2) He is a journalist but not an editor. Which one the meaning is can be understood by context. Sometimes the meaning is clear without context as in "My dad is more a friend than a father" (He is the father and a friend to his son) and "The play is more a drama th
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I agree the above reply but I think something should be clarified. Because the sentence "The period is more like three months than six" is a different structure, instead of this sentence as an example, the following example "It was more like a worry than a pleasure" (It was like a worry but not a pleasure) is more suitable. And, yes, "He wants to be more like Iron Man" means he wants to be like Ir
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