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Burger7 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
the usage of 'even'
I met the sentence below in an oxford dictionary.
It's an unattractive building,ugly even.
It says the usage of this 'even' is, to introduce a more exact description of sb or sth.
but from my sense of language,a sentence like
It's an unattractive building ,even ugly.
would sound better to my ear.
So,could you tell me which is correct and if both are correct,I'd like to know the nuance (the slight difference) between them.
thank you in advance !
It's an unattractive building,ugly even.
It says the usage of this 'even' is, to introduce a more exact description of sb or sth.
but from my sense of language,a sentence like
It's an unattractive building ,even ugly.
would sound better to my ear.
So,could you tell me which is correct and if both are correct,I'd like to know the nuance (the slight difference) between them.
thank you in advance !
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Hello, burger—and welcome to English Forums! It's an unattractive building,ugly even. It's an unattractive building ,even ugly.
- Hello, burger—and welcome to English Forums!
- It's an unattractive building,ugly even.
- It's an unattractive building ,even ugly.
- -- Both are fine.
- The first is more informal in its adverb placement, I feel
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Hello, burger—and welcome to English Forums!
It's an unattractive building,ugly even.
It's an unattractive building ,even ugly.
So,could you tell me which is correct and if both are correct,I'd like to know the nuance (the slight difference) between them.-- Both are fine. The first is more informal in its adverb placement, I feel
It's an unattractive building,ugly even.
It's an unattractive building ,even ugly.
So,could you tell me which is correct and if both are correct,I'd like to know the nuance (the slight difference) between them.-- Both are fine. The first is more informal in its adverb placement, I feel
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