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Pchuang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
the meaning of the phrase "and then some"
here is the sentence:
A good place to see descriptions of the structure you’re likely to need— and then some—is the file English.text in your Ruby installation.
could you explain the meaning of "and then some"?
could paraphrase the sentence?
A good place to see descriptions of the structure you’re likely to need— and then some—is the file English.text in your Ruby installation.
could you explain the meaning of "and then some"?
could paraphrase the sentence?
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com/topic/and-then-some
- com/topic/and-then-some
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A good place to see descriptions of the structure you’re likely to need— and then some—is the file English.text in your Ruby installation.
could you explain the meaning of "and then some"?
could paraphrase the sentence?
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Marius' reference is excellent.
A good place to see descriptions of the structure you’re likely to need —
could you explain the meaning of "and then some"?
could paraphrase the sentence?
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Marius' reference is excellent.
A good place to see descriptions of the structure you’re likely to need —
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When referring to countable nouns, it's more common to see this as "all the X you're likely to [whatever], and then some."
You expect to see the "all." So the sample sentence "the structure [singular] you're likely to need" seems unusual to me.
You expect to see the "all." So the sample sentence "the structure [singular] you're likely to need" seems unusual to me.
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