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Taka Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

There is not more

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00 There is 11b10 no 12b10 more interesting way to learn local history than to know how your Dad and Mom lived and their Dad and Mom and their Aunts and Uncles and their cousins and so on and so on. Each new layer opens up a whole new world not so distant past and connected in some way to the researchers. 12blockquote
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00Is it possible to say 'There is 01b00 not 02b00 more interesting way to learn local history than...' , instead? 0-
  

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0 Hi Taka, 02br 02br 00You will want to get an explanation from an expert, but the simple answer to your question is that 'not more interesting way' is incorrect. 02br 02br 00If you want to use the word 'not', then you could say: 02br 02br 00There is not 01b 00a02b 00 more interesting way... 02br 02br 00or...

— Davkett

  • 0 Hi Taka, 02br 02br 00You will want to get an explanation from an expert, but the simple answer to your question is that 'not more interesting way' is incorrect.
  • 02br 02br 00If you want to use the word 'not', then you could say: 02br 02br 00There is not 01b 00a02b 00 more interesting way...
  • 02br 02br 00or...
  • 02br 02br 00There is not 01b 00any02b 00 more interesting way...
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0 Hi Taka, 02br
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00You will want to get an explanation from an expert, but the simple answer to your question is that 'not more interesting way' is incorrect. 02br
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00If you want to use the word 'not', then you could say: 02br
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00There is not 01b00a02b00 more interesting way... 02br
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0 Thanks, davkett. But actually, the original is 'There is 01b00 not 02b00 more interesting way', as you can see here: 02br
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00I've found another example: 01blockquote
00 There is not more beautiful time of year to visit. The river, the color is absolutely 12br
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0 Im going to say "No" to your question about 'colloquial', and also to say that published documents can certainly contain typos. 0-
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00There is not more beautiful time of year to visit.12blockquote
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00That's a typo; the correct English is: 02br
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00There is no more beautiful a time of year to visit. 02br
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00There is not a more beautiful time of year to visit. 02br
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0Hmm...OK, for now, I trust the comments from a native 'Pensilvanian'.05002br
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00Thank you, davkett! 010id1
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0 OH, thank you too, Anglos. 02br
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00Where are you from? 02br
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00 That's a typo; the correct English is: 12br
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10There is no more beautiful a time of year to visit. 12br
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10There is not a more beautiful time of year to visit. 12blockquote
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0 That's 'Pennsylvanian'. (I know you are a 'detail person'.) 0-
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00 'Pensylvanian'. 12blockquote
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00Ah, that IS what I really call 'a typo'.050010id2
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0 Wait a minute... 02br
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00Let me ask you people, which is 01b00 the 02b00 right one ? 02br
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001: There is no more interesting way. 12br
102: There is no more 11b10 an 12b10 interesting way. [Eimai_Anglos] 12blockquote
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0 Number 2 sounds pretty awkward to this Pennsylvanian. 0-
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