Usage of "no other" in comparative degree and positive degree
Hi there, I have a question regarding no other. I have given two examples using no other. One in comparative degree and the other in positive degree.
Here are the examples:
1- No other poet in the world is more renowned than William Wordsworth.
I think I shouldn't use no other in sentences using comparative degree. I should use no because no other here means "Only William Wordsworth is more renowned than William Wordsworth.", which is not possible. Am i right? But I have seen people use noother and no interchangeably in this case.
2- No other poet in the world is as renowned as William Wordsworth.
I think If I use positive degree both no other and no seems natural. What do you think?
Top answer
Both sentences allow either 'no' or 'no other'. Nobody analyzes them in as great detail as you have done, so nobody is going to think of that peculiar meaning you came up with. CJ
- Both sentences allow either 'no' or 'no other'.
- Nobody analyzes them in as great detail as you have done, so nobody is going to think of that peculiar meaning you came up with.
- CJ
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Both sentences allow either 'no' or 'no other'.
Nobody analyzes them in as great detail as you have done, so nobody is going to think of that peculiar meaning you came up with.
CJ
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