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Sun 94 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

The more... the better..

Is the following sentence correct grammatically?

The more ideas you have, the better chances you have to improve your writing.
  

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sun 94 The more ideas you have, the better chances you have to improve your writing. In my opinion, it's "borderline" acceptable. I'd be happier if the sentence had a finite verb.

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  • sun 94 The more ideas you have, the better chances you have to improve your writing.
  • In my opinion, it's "borderline" acceptable.
  • I'd be happier if the sentence had a finite verb.
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sun 94The more ideas you have, the better chances you have to improve your writing.
In my opinion, it's "borderline" acceptable.

I'd be happier if the sentence had a finite verb.

. . . . the better will be your chances etc.

Maybe I'm wrong.

The richer you are, the better chance you have of X-ing.
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I am not sure what you mean exactly. Do you mean I have to change the sentences as follows?

The more ideas you have, the better will be your chances to improve writing skill.
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That was exactly what I meant, but I'm having a hard time justifying it.

Perhaps you should wait for other opinions. Emotion: nodding
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That looks like a perfectly good sentence to me.

But I've been speaking English my whole life so I can't guarantee it's 100% grammatically correct.
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If using have I would use of. The better your chances of improving your writing. I would try to lose have as it is in the first clause though.

The more ideas you have, the more likely you are to improve your writing.
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