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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

To some extent

Which one is correct?
She's to some extent beautiful.
She's beautiful to some extent.
  

Top answer

I wouldn't qualify "beautiful" with "to some extent". With a more suitable adjective, either word order would work.

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  • I wouldn't qualify "beautiful" with "to some extent".
  • With a more suitable adjective, either word order would work.
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I wouldn't qualify "beautiful" with "to some extent". With a more suitable adjective, either word order would work.
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Can you please give me sentences using "to some extent"?
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That's true to some extent.
To some extent, it's working.
It happens to some extent.
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JumanahWhich one is correct?She's to some extent beautiful.She's beautiful to some extent.
You can't be "to some extent beautiful" the same way as you cannot be 'to some extent pregnant'.
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AnonymousYou can't be "to some extent beautiful" the same way as you cannot be 'to some extent pregnant'.
That's debatable. 'pregnant' is not gradable, but 'beautiful' is: more beautiful, less beautiful, most beautiful, least beautiful.

CJ
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AnonymousYou can't be "to some extent beautiful"
The sentence sounds odd. "To some extent" doesn't connect well with " beautiful" to my ear. It is almost like a strange chord being played in a piece of music. I would say " In certain ways she is beautiful ".
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