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Liveinjapan Posted 16 years ago
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Should come as little surprise

It should come as little surprise that he makes $10 dollars a year given his talent.

Does it make sense to mean that people would not be surprised to hear the fact that he makes $10 a year because they know how talented he is?

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I think a more appropriate way to write this can be: 'Given his lack of talent, it should come as little surprise that he makes $10 a year'

— Anonymous

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I think a more appropriate way to write this can be:

'Given his lack of talent, it should come as little surprise that he makes $10 a year'
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LiveinjapanDoes it make sense to mean that people would not be surprised to hear the fact that he makes $10 a year because they know how talented he is?
You may be misinterpreting the sentence. $10 a year is, I think you know, very little money. With that in mind, think of the sentence like this:

It should come as little surprise that he makes
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Thanks so much, CJ and Anon.

Understand! I forgot to add 'million' after 10, or replace 'dollars" with 'million' by the way.
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