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Tarirotari Posted 16 years ago
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This is more of... than
Hi,
1. I was wondering if there's any difference in register and/or meaning between the following two forms. Is there any motivation that makes a native speaker use one instead of the other?
a. It was more of a request than an order.
b. It was a request rather than an order.
2. Could we use the following structure for non-counts?:
c. It was more advice than suggestion
To me it sounds odd, and I would use a "rather" structure as b. above, but is this structure possible and ever used?
Thanks!
1. I was wondering if there's any difference in register and/or meaning between the following two forms. Is there any motivation that makes a native speaker use one instead of the other?
a. It was more of a request than an order.
b. It was a request rather than an order.
2. Could we use the following structure for non-counts?:
c. It was more advice than suggestion
To me it sounds odd, and I would use a "rather" structure as b. above, but is this structure possible and ever used?
Thanks!
Top answer
Hi, 1. I was wondering if there's any difference in register Not really. a nd/or meaning Version A sounds a bit vaguer, gentler, less direct.
- Hi, 1.
- I was wondering if there's any difference in register Not really.
- a nd/or meaning Version A sounds a bit vaguer, gentler, less direct.
- But to me it also suggests a bit more that to some degree it is still an order.
- between the following two forms.
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Hi,
1. I was wondering if there's any difference in register Not really. a
nd/or meaning Version A sounds a bit vaguer, gentler, less direct. But to me it also suggests a bit more that to some degree it is still an order.
between the following two forms. Is there any motivation that makes a native speaker use one instead of the other? Not other than as suggested above.
1. I was wondering if there's any difference in register Not really. a
nd/or meaning Version A sounds a bit vaguer, gentler, less direct. But to me it also suggests a bit more that to some degree it is still an order.
between the following two forms. Is there any motivation that makes a native speaker use one instead of the other? Not other than as suggested above.
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tarirotaria. It was more of a request than an order.more of is similar to more like. rather than is similar to (but) not. So the meanings of a and b are not the same.
b. It was a request rather than an order.
a'. It was more like a request than like an order.
b'. It was a request, (but) not an ord
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