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Mewosh Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Only + merely
Here's something I got into an argument about with my English teacher.
"the only two places merely mentioned in the extract being x and y"
I mean to say that the only two places that WERE mentioned in the text, were merely mentioned, i.e. they were not further described in any way.
Is this correct to say?
"the only two places merely mentioned in the extract being x and y"
I mean to say that the only two places that WERE mentioned in the text, were merely mentioned, i.e. they were not further described in any way.
Is this correct to say?
Top answer
That is rather ackward construction and unclear in meaning. , Dallas and Houston as two cities in Texas. " I think you probably confused barely with merely.
- That is rather ackward construction and unclear in meaning.
- , Dallas and Houston as two cities in Texas.
- " I think you probably confused barely with merely.
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That is rather ackward construction and unclear in meaning. I presume you are talking about two geographical places, e.g., Dallas and Houston as two cities in Texas. In which case you might try saying, "The only two cities in Texas that were even touched upon in the text were Dallas and Houston." or, "The only two Texas cities that were even barely touched upon (or barely mentioned) in the tex
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