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Johnson13 Posted 13 years ago
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the 'more than' construction
The other day I talked to an American from SC, and I asked him what he could make of it when I said something is 'more than difficult/easy' and he said 'we do not say so'.
So I thought the 'more than' construction is confined to 'more than happy', an idiom. But in CS Lewis's essays, there is a 'I am more than doubtful', and a sentence:
but we must mention them lightly and without claiming that they are more than 'interesting'
Does it mean we can use MORE THAN followed by any adjective to make it an intensifier?
So I thought the 'more than' construction is confined to 'more than happy', an idiom. But in CS Lewis's essays, there is a 'I am more than doubtful', and a sentence:
but we must mention them lightly and without claiming that they are more than 'interesting'
Does it mean we can use MORE THAN followed by any adjective to make it an intensifier?
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Johnson13 Does it mean we can use MORE THAN followed by any adjective to make it an intensifier? Yes, you can theoretically, though 'more than happy;' is much the commonest version, and I think the set is indeed quite limited in actual use: more than likely more than simply (adj) more than willing
- Johnson13 Does it mean we can use MORE THAN followed by any adjective to make it an intensifier?
- Yes, you can theoretically, though 'more than happy;' is much the commonest version, and I think the set is indeed quite limited in actual use: more than likely more than simply (adj) more than willing
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Johnson13Does it mean we can use MORE THAN followed by any adjective to make it an intensifier?Yes, you can theoretically, though 'more than happy;' is much the commonest version, and I think the set is indeed quite limited in actual use:
more than likely
more than simply (adj)
more than willing
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