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Pructus Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

She is more of a poet than a novelist.

She is more of a poet than (of) a novelist. = She is rather a poet than a novelist.

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Would there be any other ways to express the above meaning?
  

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She is more skilled in poetry than in novel writing. She has much more published as a poet than as a novelist. She prefers writing poetry to long fiction...

  • She is more skilled in poetry than in novel writing.
  • She has much more published as a poet than as a novelist.
  • She prefers writing poetry to long fiction...
  • it depends on what you mean and what you want to empahsize.
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She is more skilled in poetry than in novel writing. She has much more published as a poet than as a novelist. She prefers writing poetry to long fiction... it depends on what you mean and what you want to empahsize.
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She has more of the qualities that a poet has than of the qualities that a novelist has.
She shares more qualities in common with poets than with novelists.
She is more like a poet than like a novelist.

CJ
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Thanks a lot, Gurus!

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