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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Which one is correct?

1.Teacher told the students that health is more preferable than wealth and character is more important than health.

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2. Teacher told the students that health is more preferable to wealth and character is more important than health.
  

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Both of them have mistakes. Here's what you need: The teacher told the students that health is preferable to wealth and character is more important than health. preferable already has the idea of more , so you don't want more preferable .

  • Both of them have mistakes.
  • Here's what you need: The teacher told the students that health is preferable to wealth and character is more important than health.
  • preferable already has the idea of more , so you don't want more preferable .
  • CJ
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Both of them have mistakes. Here's what you need:

The teacher told the students that health is preferable to wealth and character is more important than health.

preferable already has the idea of more, so you don't want more preferable.

CJ

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