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Tsuyoshi Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"no more beautiful story than"

Are these sentences correct?

There is no more beautiful story than that of their friendship.

There is no story more beautiful than that of their friendship.

Thanks in advance.
  

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both are correct.

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Tsuyoshi There is no more beautiful story than that of their friendship.
I guess you want to praise "their friendship" as the most beautiful story?
If so, the meaning of your above sentence is quite obscure. You can try this one: There is no more beautiful friendship than their story is.
There is no story more beautiful than that of thei
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SicaThere is no friendship (which is) more beautiful than their story. No, that's not the correct meaning.
That's what I think.
P/s: I still doubt about the usage of "no more....than" in this case, It's corect.
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TsuyoshiThere is no more-beautiful story than that of their friendship.
There is no story more beautiful than that of their friendship.
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Thank you for your comment.
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Thank you for your kind comment. I meant "There is no more-beautiful story than the story of their friendship." Maybe I am also praising their friendship, but the main point which I wanted to express was "The story of their friendship is the most beautiful," and I am trying to rewrite it.
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"no more-beautiful"
Thank you for your comments. It is becoming clear for me.
If I wouldn't add this hyphen, the sentence wouldn't work?
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TsuyoshiIf I wouldn't add this hyphen, the sentence wouldn't work?
No, I can't say that.
I prefer the hyphen because it creates the compound adjective "more-beautiful", which to me accents how beautiful the story is. But since "more" can also be an adverb, it is grammatically correct wi
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I understood. Thank you very much.
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