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Ahava_yin Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
The less...the more
Hi, I ran into this sentence. "The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, the greater the stress to the truck."
My question is, is it a grammatically correct sentence?
Is the complete sentence "The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, the greater the stress is to the truck."? Can "is" here be omitted?
Thank you very much!
My question is, is it a grammatically correct sentence?
Is the complete sentence "The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, the greater the stress is to the truck."? Can "is" here be omitted?
Thank you very much!
Top answer
Yes, that's the way it works. It's actually possible to omit both verbs: The smaller the car the greater the price. I'm not sure that you'd call it a "sentence" suitable for a term paper.
- Yes, that's the way it works.
- It's actually possible to omit both verbs: The smaller the car the greater the price.
- I'm not sure that you'd call it a "sentence" suitable for a term paper.
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Yes, that's the way it works.
It's actually possible to omit both verbs:
The smaller the car the greater the price.
I'm not sure that you'd call it a "sentence" suitable for a term paper.
It's actually possible to omit both verbs:
The smaller the car the greater the price.
I'm not sure that you'd call it a "sentence" suitable for a term paper.
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