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Listenever Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

You're causing more problems than you're solving.

You're causing more problems than you're solving.

Here, I don't think you can add 'problems' at the end:

*You're causing more problems than you're solving problems.

But how about this sentence?

You're causing more problems for yourself than you're solving for me.

Here, is it grammatical, albeit not as natural, to add 'problems'? Or is it ungrammatical?

You're causing more problems for yourself than you're solving problems for me.

  

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" is grammatical, but when would you say something like this? " is a more viable sentence that the one above. For example, a person is hired by a company to solve problems, but he ends up causing problems rather than solving the problems he was hired to solve.

  • " is grammatical, but when would you say something like this?
  • " is a more viable sentence that the one above.
  • For example, a person is hired by a company to solve problems, but he ends up causing problems rather than solving the problems he was hired to solve.
  • You wouldn't use the sentence above in this situation.
  • This second sentence is the only usable sentence out of the four given ones.
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"You're causing more problems than you're solving." is grammatical, but when would you say something like this?


"You're causing more problems than you're solving problems." is a more viable sentence that the one above. For example, a person is hired by a company to solve problems, but he ends up causing problems rather than solving the problems he was hired to solve. You wouldn't

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listeneverYou're causing more problems than you're solving.Here, I don't think you can add 'problems' at the end:*You're causing more problems than you're solving problems.

I agree.

listeneverBut how about this sentence?You're causing more problems for yourself than you're solving for me.Here, is it grammatical, albeit not as nat

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