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Aoko Posted 20 years ago
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no more powerful a marketing force

0I've just joined in this forum. I still don't know how to do things.02br
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00Here is an English sentence I am puzzled with. 02br
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00``There is no more powerful a marketing force than mouth-to-mouth advertising.``02br
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00The problem is <a>02br
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00I know so+adj+ a+noun / too + adj+ a+noun. This <no more> seems to be used like <so / too>.02br
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00Is this a common usage? 0-
  

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0 Hello Aoko02br 02br 00I think your sentence is correct as it is. And I agree with you that 01b 01i 05000 more Adj a Noun than …02i 02b 00 is structurally the same kind of collocation as 01b 01i 00so Adj a Noun02i 02b 00 ("so beautiful a woman"), 01b 01i 00as Adj a Noun as …02i 02b 00 ("as beautiful a woman as …"), 01i 01b 00how Adj a Noun02b 00 (02i 00"how beautiful a woman"), or 01b 01i 00too Adj a Noun02i 02b 00 ("too beautiful a woman"). Nowadays "She is a more beautiful woman than Diana" is a common collocation at least in spoken English, but it is likely the formal collocation was "She is more beautiful a woman than Diana".

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello Aoko02br 02br 00I think your sentence is correct as it is.
  • And I agree with you that 01b 01i 05000 more Adj a Noun than …02i 02b 00 is structurally the same kind of collocation as 01b 01i 00so Adj a Noun02i 02b 00 ("so beautiful a woman"), 01b 01i 00as Adj a Noun as …02i 02b 00 ("as beautiful a woman as …"), 01i 01b 00how Adj a Noun02b 00 (02i 00"how beautiful a woman"), or 01b 01i 00too Adj a Noun02i 02b 00 ("too beautiful a woman").
  • Nowadays "She is a more beautiful woman than Diana" is a common collocation at least in spoken English, but it is likely the formal collocation was "She is more beautiful a woman than Diana".
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0 Hello Aoko02br
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00I think your sentence is correct as it is. And I agree with you that 01b01i05000 more Adj a Noun than …02i02b00 is structurally the same kind of collocation as 01b01i00so Adj a Noun02i02b00 ("so beautiful a woman"), 01b01i00as Adj a Noun as …02i02
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0Hi paco,02br
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00Thank you for your reply. It was a great help.0-
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