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Seagull Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The usage of the comparative

Regarding the sentence below:

It became far colder as we went up higher.

Q1 Is this sentence natural?

Q2 Is there any better way to express this idea?
  

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seagull Q1 Is this sentence natural? Yes. seagull Q2 Is there any better way to express this idea?

  • seagull Q1 Is this sentence natural?
  • Yes.
  • seagull Q2 Is there any better way to express this idea?
  • Not better, I suppose, but one alternative is: The higher we went, the colder it became.
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seagullQ1 Is this sentence natural?
Yes.
seagullQ2 Is there any better way to express this idea?
Not better, I suppose, but one alternative is:

The higher we went, the colder it became.
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I understand.
Thank you very much indeed, Mister Micawber.

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