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Bunch Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Use of more

A: Your attic is still terrifying.
B: It's been five years. I'm sure the boogie man has died of starvation.
A: It's more the mice and spiders I'm afraid of.

In this dialogue, the last sentence sounds fine? I mean the location of more.
Shouldn't it be "It's the mice and spiders I'm MORE afraid of."
What do you think?

  

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Bunch In this dialogue, the last sentence sounds fine? Does the last sentence sound all right in the this dialogue? Yes.

— CalifJim

  • Bunch In this dialogue, the last sentence sounds fine?
  • Does the last sentence sound all right in the this dialogue?
  • Yes.
  • " That's also OK, but the meaning is slightly different.
  • Or, put another way, the two amount to the same thing, but the way they are expressed is rather different.
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BunchIn this dialogue, the last sentence sounds fine?
Does the last sentence sound all right in the this dialogue?

Yes.

BunchShouldn't it be "It's the mice and spiders I'm MORE afraid of."

That's also OK, but the meaning is slightly different. Or, put another way,

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