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Sunsail Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
There is a / there is
Hello,
is something wrong in this sentence?
"there is a more serious problem than we think"
additionally do I have to use "a " how about "there is more serious"
Kind Regards
is something wrong in this sentence?
"there is a more serious problem than we think"
additionally do I have to use "a " how about "there is more serious"
Kind Regards
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The original is fine. " There is more serious trouble here than we think . " ("More" may be an adj.
- The original is fine.
- " There is more serious trouble here than we think .
- " ("More" may be an adj.
- ) If you use the countable plural, the same ambiguity will exist: There are more serious problems than we think.
- But your original is not ambiguous.
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The original is fine.
"Problem" is countable." If you wish to eliminate the "a," switch to an uncountable, like "trouble." There is more serious trouble here than we think. It will be ambiguous as to whether "more" modifies "serious" or "trouble." ("More" may be an adj. or an adv.)
If you use the countable plural, the same ambiguity will exist: There are more se
"Problem" is countable." If you wish to eliminate the "a," switch to an uncountable, like "trouble." There is more serious trouble here than we think. It will be ambiguous as to whether "more" modifies "serious" or "trouble." ("More" may be an adj. or an adv.)
If you use the countable plural, the same ambiguity will exist: There are more se
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It needs a capital at the beginning of the sentence.
It's not incorrect, but it's a bit uncommon. "There is a more serious problem" sounds like an update, so the tenses seem strange.
There's the "we/I" making the statement, and the "we" doing the thinking. "There's a more serious problem than we thought," might be what you mean.
I'm speaking of the logical issues, not
It's not incorrect, but it's a bit uncommon. "There is a more serious problem" sounds like an update, so the tenses seem strange.
There's the "we/I" making the statement, and the "we" doing the thinking. "There's a more serious problem than we thought," might be what you mean.
I'm speaking of the logical issues, not
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