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AppleFanboy Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The poorer?
As languages are lost, whole ways of life and sets of knowledge may be lost along with them. Not only do complex religious and social rituals disappear, but oral histories also die through lack of telling Information about plants, animals and environments gathered through generations may never be passed on. And the richness of human invention, our unique gift of talking about what we see around us, would be much the poorer.
In this article.. Why is 'the' used before 'poorer' in the last sentence?
In this article.. Why is 'the' used before 'poorer' in the last sentence?
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I have a feeling it is an older phrase that has just stuck with us. And, in my opinion, so much the better.
- I have a feeling it is an older phrase that has just stuck with us.
- And, in my opinion, so much the better.
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I have a feeling it is an older phrase that has just stuck with us. And, in my opinion, so much the better.
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I googled about it to find a grammatical explanation..
Is it used in this sense?
(usually all the ——) Used to emphasize the amount or degree to which something is affected: commodities made all the more
Is it used in this sense?
(usually all the ——) Used to emphasize the amount or degree to which something is affected: commodities made all the more
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"More desirable", I think is emphasized with "all the"...as in 'even more desirable'.
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