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Mr. Tom Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Their exposure to the English language is very limited.

Hi

Which one of the following sentences do you find better?

Their exposure to the English language is very limited.

Their exposure to the English language is very minimal.





Thanks,



Tom
  

Top answer

It would depend if it was written or spoken: spoken, both would be OK. Written, however, the top on "sounds" better to me. "Minimal" would be almost no exposure whereas "limited" would mean more than that.

— Anonymous

  • It would depend if it was written or spoken: spoken, both would be OK.
  • Written, however, the top on "sounds" better to me.
  • "Minimal" would be almost no exposure whereas "limited" would mean more than that.
  • I'm not so crazy about the adverb "very" as it is used here.
  • A gentle suggestion for a rewrite would be : 1.
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It would depend if it was written or spoken: spoken, both would be OK. Written, however, the top on "sounds" better to me. "Minimal" would be almost no exposure whereas "limited" would mean more than that. I'm not so crazy about the adverb "very" as it is used here. A gentle suggestion for a rewrite would be :
1. Their exposure to the English language has been very limited. (extremely limited
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Mr. TomWhich one of the following sentences do you find better?
Their exposure to the English language is very limited.
Their exposure to the English language is very minimal.
The first. I agree with the previous post that very does not go well with minimal. Without very, the second sentence sounds fine to me, however.

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