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Tenacious Learner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Paraphrase for 'too many'
Hi teachers,
Would 'an excessive number of' be an appropriate paraphrase for 'too many' in the following sentence?
Perhaps you made too many mistakes.
TL
Would 'an excessive number of' be an appropriate paraphrase for 'too many' in the following sentence?
Perhaps you made too many mistakes.
TL
Top answer
TL It fits the sentence, but does not have an idea of comparison to some expectation or standard.
- TL It fits the sentence, but does not have an idea of comparison to some expectation or standard.
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Tenacious LearnerHi teachers,Would 'an excessive number of' be an appropriate paraphrase for 'too many' in the following sentence?Perhaps you made too many mistakes.TLIt fits the sentence, but does not have an idea of comparison to some expectation or standard.
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AlpheccaStarsIt fits the sentence, but does not have an idea of comparison to some expectation or standard.Hi,
Thanks! How should it be to have that idea?
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AlpheccaStarsan excessive number of ... does not have an idea of comparison to some expectation or standard.Does not? Hmm. I think I would have said it does.
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