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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Much harder
India have made the challenge of accomplishing their first clean sweep against South Africa much harder by resting regular openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. Their absence means India will line up at Motera on Saturday without seven of their first-choice XI.
South Africa will be relieved to not have to deal with the openers but they still have puzzles in their own game to solve. They were soundly beaten in Gwalior and got close in the first ODI only because of Dale Steyn and Wayne Parnell's performances - with the bat. Their batting order, apart from AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis, hasn't pulled its weight. They will hope Hashim Amla can build on the momentum he showed in a cameo in the second ODI but, in the absence of Graeme Smith, much depends on Herschelle Gibbs.
Please explain to me what "much harder" means in this context?
Moreover, I guess "clean sweep" means "to blank the opposite team" so having won the last 2 matches, India have made challenge to win the last and final match of the series as well.
Source : http://www.cricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/content/story/450108.html
South Africa will be relieved to not have to deal with the openers but they still have puzzles in their own game to solve. They were soundly beaten in Gwalior and got close in the first ODI only because of Dale Steyn and Wayne Parnell's performances - with the bat. Their batting order, apart from AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis, hasn't pulled its weight. They will hope Hashim Amla can build on the momentum he showed in a cameo in the second ODI but, in the absence of Graeme Smith, much depends on Herschelle Gibbs.
Please explain to me what "much harder" means in this context?
Moreover, I guess "clean sweep" means "to blank the opposite team" so having won the last 2 matches, India have made challenge to win the last and final match of the series as well.
Source : http://www.cricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/content/story/450108.html
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There's nothing special about the way 'much harder' is used here as compared to other contexts in which it is used. The meaning is exactly the same. 1.
- There's nothing special about the way 'much harder' is used here as compared to other contexts in which it is used.
- The meaning is exactly the same.
- 1.
- I will make it much harder for you to understand this text by using very complex sentence structures.
- 2.
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There's nothing special about the way 'much harder' is used here as compared to other contexts in which it is used. The meaning is exactly the same.
1. I will make it much harder for you to understand this text by using very complex sentence structures.
2. I will make it much easier for you to understand this text by using very simple sentence structur
1. I will make it much harder for you to understand this text by using very complex sentence structures.
2. I will make it much easier for you to understand this text by using very simple sentence structur
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