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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Not much else

Dear Friends,

It's okay to say: I only could shrug and do nothing else.

Is it okay to replace 'nothing else' with 'not much else' as in: I could only shrug and do not much else.

  

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Your word order is not very natural. I suggest this. I could only shrug and do nothing else.

— Clive

  • Your word order is not very natural.
  • I suggest this.
  • I could only shrug and do nothing else.
  • I could only shrug and not do much else.
  • I prefer the following.
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Your word order is not very natural.

I suggest this.

I could only shrug and do nothing else.

I could only shrug and not do much else.

I prefer the following.

I could only shrug, not much else

All I could do was shrug.

Do you realize that nothing else and not much else do not have exactly the same meaning?

Clive

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