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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

why the?

i was reading a book and found this sentence:

"this is the more remarkable in that Leonardo possessed precise knowledge of the appearance of complementary colours in the shadows."

why did the author put "the" before "more"?
isn't it grammatically wrong?
  

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"this is the more remarkable" "this is all the more remarkable" ' the more ' means ' especially ' the word 'the' gives a feeling of uniqueness to its being 'more', so it's not just any casual 'more'. eg "Michael reached the top in record-breaking time. " d

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  • "this is the more remarkable" "this is all the more remarkable" ' the more ' means ' especially ' the word 'the' gives a feeling of uniqueness to its being 'more', so it's not just any casual 'more'.
  • eg "Michael reached the top in record-breaking time.
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"this is the more remarkable"
"this is all the more remarkable"

'the more' means 'especially'
the word 'the' gives a feeling of uniqueness to its being 'more', so it's not just any casual 'more'.
eg
"Michael reached the top in record-breaking time. This is the more remarkable since he only had one leg."

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