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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
the comparative, the comparative 2
1. The more electricity you use, the higher your bill will be
1.1. The more you use electricity, the higher your bill will be.
2. The more things you sell, the more money you make
2.1. The more you sell things, the more you make money.
3. The more you provoke anger, the bigger it becomes.
3.1. The more anger you provoke, the bigger it becomes.
Q) Are #1.1, 2.1 and 3.1 wrong?
We usually say like this. (You use more electricity. You sell more things. You make more money => These are an adjective(comparative) + noun structure.)
But as for #3 and #3.1, it seems to me that both form sounds okay because you can say either "You provoke more anger," and "You provoke anger more." Am I correct?
1.1. The more you use electricity, the higher your bill will be.
2. The more things you sell, the more money you make
2.1. The more you sell things, the more you make money.
3. The more you provoke anger, the bigger it becomes.
3.1. The more anger you provoke, the bigger it becomes.
Q) Are #1.1, 2.1 and 3.1 wrong?
We usually say like this. (You use more electricity. You sell more things. You make more money => These are an adjective(comparative) + noun structure.)
But as for #3 and #3.1, it seems to me that both form sounds okay because you can say either "You provoke more anger," and "You provoke anger more." Am I correct?
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All six sentences are correct.
- All six sentences are correct.
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All four sentences are correct. The sense is slightly different however. In 1 the emphasis is on the amount of electricity being used. In 1.1 the emphasis is on the amount of action employed in using electricity.
Similarly, in 2 the emphasis is on the amount of things being sold, while in 2.1 the emphasis is on the amount of action employed in selling.
In 3 and 3.1, 3.1 shou
Similarly, in 2 the emphasis is on the amount of things being sold, while in 2.1 the emphasis is on the amount of action employed in selling.
In 3 and 3.1, 3.1 shou
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Thank you for your answer.
Can I ask one more question?
4. The angrier you get, the more your body gets tense.
4.1. The angrier you get, the more tense your body gets.
4.2. The angrier you get, the tenser your body gets.
Q) Do all these three sentence sound okay?(Considering the phrasing "your body gets more tense(or tenser), I think #4.1 sounds better or correct
Can I ask one more question?
4. The angrier you get, the more your body gets tense.
4.1. The angrier you get, the more tense your body gets.
4.2. The angrier you get, the tenser your body gets.
Q) Do all these three sentence sound okay?(Considering the phrasing "your body gets more tense(or tenser), I think #4.1 sounds better or correct
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