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Mickey Mouse 8241 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
we don't have much in common any more.
We have the following phrase in English:
have something in common (with somebody)
Now, consider the following:
1. we don't have much in common any more.
2. we have a lot more in common with my friends than with my family.
Are 'much' and 'more' considered as 'pronouns?
Are those pronoun replaced by 'something' ?
Can we rewrite them as following:
1. we don't have much interest in common any more.
2. we have a lot more ideas in common with my friends than with my family.
And, finally:
we don't have many ideas in common with my younger sister any more.
Is the correct?
Sorry for asking more questions than I should ask.
have something in common (with somebody)
Now, consider the following:
1. we don't have much in common any more.
2. we have a lot more in common with my friends than with my family.
Are 'much' and 'more' considered as 'pronouns?
Are those pronoun replaced by 'something' ?
Can we rewrite them as following:
1. we don't have much interest in common any more.
2. we have a lot more ideas in common with my friends than with my family.
And, finally:
we don't have many ideas in common with my younger sister any more.
Is the correct?
Sorry for asking more questions than I should ask.
Top answer
" is correct. " is theoretically grammatical, but the logic is off. " In the above three sentences, "much" and "more" function as pronouns.
- " is correct.
- " is theoretically grammatical, but the logic is off.
- " In the above three sentences, "much" and "more" function as pronouns.
- " is ungrammatical.
- " is logically off (and "ideas in common" is an awkward phrase) is.
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"We don't have much in common anymore." is correct.
"We have a lot more in common with my friends than with my family." is theoretically grammatical, but the logic is off. You start off with "We" then shift to "my" and "my." It should be, for example, one of the following:
"I have a lot more in common with my friends than with my family."
"We have a lot more in comm
"We have a lot more in common with my friends than with my family." is theoretically grammatical, but the logic is off. You start off with "We" then shift to "my" and "my." It should be, for example, one of the following:
"I have a lot more in common with my friends than with my family."
"We have a lot more in comm
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As we can use 'much' as pronoun . can we use 'many' in the following way?
we don't have many in common with my younger sister any more.
Is it correct?
we don't have many in common with my younger sister any more.
Is it correct?
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"We don't have many in common with my younger sister anymore." is ungrammatical. You start off with "We" and then shift to "my." And "many" is not used correctly. This sentence should be, for example, one of the following:
"We don't have many things in common with our younger sisters anymore."
"I don't have many things in common with my younger sisters anymore."
"Many
"We don't have many things in common with our younger sisters anymore."
"I don't have many things in common with my younger sisters anymore."
"Many
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I have a lot/much/far/a bit/any more interests in common with my sister.
I have a lot/much/far/a bit/any more stuff in common with my sister.
I have a lot/much/far/a bit/any more stuff in common with my sister.
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