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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
Hi,
The sentence below is from a book, and I would like to know the nuance of the "as bare as ever." Grammatically, I think, it means as bare as always, but to my ears, it sound like barer than before. Which do you think correct is?
My classrooms were all decorated, the halls -- everything but her office, which remained as bare as ever.
Thank you,
M
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Nuance of "as bare as ever"
Hi,
The sentence below is from a book, and I would like to know the nuance of the "as bare as ever." Grammatically, I think, it means as bare as always, but to my ears, it sound like barer than before. Which do you think correct is?
My classrooms were all decorated, the halls -- everything but her office, which remained as bare as ever.
Thank you,
M
Top answer
It means "as bare as they had always been", not "barer than ever before".
- It means "as bare as they had always been", not "barer than ever before".
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It means "as bare as they had always been", not "barer than ever before".
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