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Jooney Posted 14 years ago
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Hi,
“There were no obvious signs of foul play,” he said. “It’s still fresh an investigation to know whether — the reality is she was too far too young to die and any time you have the death of someone this age it is the subject of an investigation.”
Is the bold part grammatically correct? Shouldn't there be "too" between "still" and "fresh"?
It's still too fresh an investigation to know whether....
Thank you in advance.
“There were no obvious signs of foul play,” he said. “It’s still fresh an investigation to know whether — the reality is she was too far too young to die and any time you have the death of someone this age it is the subject of an investigation.”
Is the bold part grammatically correct? Shouldn't there be "too" between "still" and "fresh"?
It's still too fresh an investigation to know whether....
Thank you in advance.
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Yes, you are right, Joon.
- Yes, you are right, Joon.
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"...too fresh an investigation..." is correct.
"...too far too young..." is not. Correct: far too young
"...too far too young..." is not. Correct: far too young
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Hi,
On the other hand, there is an extra 'too' added here.
the reality is she was too far too young to die
Clive
On the other hand, there is an extra 'too' added here.
the reality is she was too far too young to die
Clive
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It looks like the 'too' hopped from one place to the other in the original text, Joon—one danger of copy-and-paste editing nowadays.
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