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Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
To a much lesser extent???
Please look at the following sentence.
"To a much lesser extent, tides also occur in large lakes, the atmosphere, and even within the solid crust of the earth, acted upon by these same gravitational forces of the moon and sun"
[Q1] What is the meaning of "To a much lesser extent"?
[Q2] I couldn't understand how can "a" come together with "much". "a" indicates the noun we can count but "much" indicates the noun we can't count.
[Q3] What is the subject of "acted"? Is it "tides"?
Thank you in advance for your teaching.
"To a much lesser extent, tides also occur in large lakes, the atmosphere, and even within the solid crust of the earth, acted upon by these same gravitational forces of the moon and sun"
[Q1] What is the meaning of "To a much lesser extent"?
[Q2] I couldn't understand how can "a" come together with "much". "a" indicates the noun we can count but "much" indicates the noun we can't count.
[Q3] What is the subject of "acted"? Is it "tides"?
Thank you in advance for your teaching.
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Son James [Q1] What is the meaning of "To a much lesser extent"? Not so much Son James [Q2] I couldn't understand how can "a" come together with "much". "a" indicates the noun we can count but "much" indicates the noun we can't count.
- Son James [Q1] What is the meaning of "To a much lesser extent"?
- Not so much Son James [Q2] I couldn't understand how can "a" come together with "much".
- "a" indicates the noun we can count but "much" indicates the noun we can't count.
- 'A' is also used for 'reclassified' nouns: nouns that are changed from uncountable to countable when they are modified by an adjective ('lesser'), as 'extent' is here.
- Son James [Q3] What is the subject of "acted"?
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Son James[Q1] What is the meaning of "To a much lesser extent"?Not so much
Son James[Q2] I couldn't understand how can "a" come together with "much". "a" indicates the noun we can count but "much" indicates the noun we can't count.'A' is also used for 'reclassified' nouns: nouns that are changed from uncountable to countab
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Thank you so much for your teaching,Mr.Mister. I have one more question. You said "To a much lesser extent" means "not so much". Then, "not so much" is modifying "tides" in the sentence? Thank you in advance for your answer.
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Son James Then, "not so much" is modifying "tides" in the sentence?No, it is an adverbial phrase modifying 'occur' or 'tides occur....'
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Ah! Thank you for your additional answer,Mr.Micawber 
. I could know it clearly thanks to you.
. I could know it clearly thanks to you.0
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