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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
only in grammar can you be more than perfect
Hi! Can sb pleaseee tell me the meaning of "only in grammar can you be more than perfect"? I am eager to learn! Thankssssss!
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In what context did you find this sentence? It could possibly mean that everything about you is wonderful, except your grammar . ( With me, it's the opposite!
- In what context did you find this sentence?
- It could possibly mean that everything about you is wonderful, except your grammar .
- ( With me, it's the opposite!
- ) Clive
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In what context did you find this sentence?
It could possibly mean that everything about you is wonderful, except your grammar
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( With me, it's the opposite!
It could possibly mean that everything about you is wonderful, except your grammar
.
( With me, it's the opposite!
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Anonymous"Only in grammar can you be more than perfect"= You can be more than perfect in grammar, but not in anything else.
It’s a rather strange thing to say.
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Anonymousonly in grammar can you be more than perfectIt's hard to say what this means. It might be a reference to the use of highly formal forms or to hypercorrection.
CJ
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It sounds sarcastic. You hear, "Nobody's perfect. People make mistakes." However, the saying you cited implies that grammar is something that transcends the human's natural tendency to make mistakes. We know that it's not. The human is always prone to mistakes.
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It is a joke on the pluperfect tense. The word pluperfect derives from the Latin plus quam perfectum, or "more than perfect".
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