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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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not a comparision but magnification
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00 I think when you make a comparison with the words like 'less of", "more of", or perhaps with "much of," you should attach the word "OF" with it, but if the case calls for magnification of a subject matter, then the "of" doesn't seem to be needed. Am I correct? 02 br
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00 Are these all cases of amplification? 02 br
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00 What I found from the NY Times search: 02 br
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00 "Tucker is too much a taker." 02 br
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00 He is too much a man's man to play a bumbling fool for ... 02 br
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00 Jones is too much a lady. 02 br
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00 But the Record Shack and Harem are too much a part of his identity for ... 02 br
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00 I think the last one's "too much" isn't the same grammatical part as the ones before that. Am I right? 0-
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00 I think when you make a comparison with the words like 'less of", "more of", or perhaps with "much of," you should attach the word "OF" with it, but if the case calls for magnification of a subject matter, then the "of" doesn't seem to be needed. Am I correct? 02 br
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00 Are these all cases of amplification? 02 br
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00 What I found from the NY Times search: 02 br
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00 "Tucker is too much a taker." 02 br
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00 He is too much a man's man to play a bumbling fool for ... 02 br
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00 Jones is too much a lady. 02 br
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00 But the Record Shack and Harem are too much a part of his identity for ... 02 br
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00 I think the last one's "too much" isn't the same grammatical part as the ones before that. Am I right? 0-
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00 I don't really understand what you mean by magnification vs comparison, but in all your example sentences, I find the 'of' form more casual and slightly awkward for good composition: 02 br
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01 i 00 Tucker is too much (of) a taker. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 He is too much (of) a man's man to play a bumbling fool for ... 02
00 I don't really understand what you mean by magnification vs comparison, but in all your example sentences, I find the 'of' form more casual and slightly awkward for good composition: 02 br
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01 i 00 Tucker is too much (of) a taker. 02 i 02 br
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0 Thank you. 02 br
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00 Would say the following involves a sense of comparison? I would say not. They are saying the subjects are much, much, much and more much of that thing or a person -- TOO much conveys that? Don't you agree? 02 br
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00 But these will involve comparisons I believ: 02 br
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00 Tucker is more of a talker than Jane. 0
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00 Would say the following involves a sense of comparison? I would say not. They are saying the subjects are much, much, much and more much of that thing or a person -- TOO much conveys that? Don't you agree? 02 br
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00 But these will involve comparisons I believ: 02 br
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00 Tucker is more of a talker than Jane. 0
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0 I read/hear your last example as being in the same form as the others. 02 br
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00 I assume you're comparing this form to "I drank too much coffee," where you would never say, "I drank too much of coffee." I guess you'd use the "of" when there's a modifier before the noun: "I've heard too much of his B/S." 02 br
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00 I assume you're comparing this form to "I drank too much coffee," where you would never say, "I drank too much of coffee." I guess you'd use the "of" when there's a modifier before the noun: "I've heard too much of his B/S." 02 br
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