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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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taste better the longer you leave
This is a correct form
The longer you leave it in the better it will taste.
This I have heard but is it grammatically correct? The form is the more...the more, both parts have to have the same structure.
It'll taste better the longer you leave it in
I think it is wrong because if you turn it around
"The longer you leave it in, it'll taste better" doesn't work.
The longer you leave it in the better it will taste.
This I have heard but is it grammatically correct? The form is the more...the more, both parts have to have the same structure.
It'll taste better the longer you leave it in
I think it is wrong because if you turn it around
"The longer you leave it in, it'll taste better" doesn't work.
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Yes, "The longer you leave it in, the better it will taste" is correct. It's normally written with the comma after the first part, as shown. It is an idiom, so it doesn't necessarily fit with the general rules of grammar.
- Yes, "The longer you leave it in, the better it will taste" is correct.
- It's normally written with the comma after the first part, as shown.
- It is an idiom, so it doesn't necessarily fit with the general rules of grammar.
- ) "The longer ...
- the better" is a variation on "The more ...
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Yes, "The longer you leave it in, the better it will taste" is correct. It's normally written with the comma after the first part, as shown. It is an idiom, so it doesn't necessarily fit with the general rules of grammar. (Another way of saying this is that it's a special case; it is grammatically correct because it fits that idiomatic structure.)
"The longer ... the better" is a v
"The longer ... the better" is a v
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