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Wangqh2696122 Posted 16 years ago
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What does "not much more than " mean?

Many different tribes live in the Ituri rain forest of Africa, but the Pygmies are the most unusual. Most of the men are not much more than four feet tall.

From the sentence, can we know that "most of the Pygmy men are more than four feet"?

  

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Yes, though the specific meaning is that most of the men are very slightly taller than 4 feet.

  • Yes, though the specific meaning is that most of the men are very slightly taller than 4 feet.
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Yes, though the specific meaning is that most of the men are very slightly taller than 4 feet.

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