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 #2 (permalink) Sat Jul 29, 2006 19:14 pm Comparatives |
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Hi Conchita,
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The following use of comparatives heard on a television report has just caught my attention: 'more wide and important'. I'd have said 'wider and more important'. What would you have said? Perhaps both adjectives can be considered as a whole?
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So would I. I think
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sounds out of kilter and unharmonious to my ancient ear.
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Jul 29, 2006 19:24 pm Use of comparatives |
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Thanks, Alan, that's a load off my back, so to speak!
Also, I've happily noted the expression 'out of kilter'. You seem to have a bottomless bag full of those phrases! |
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:50 am Use of comparatives |
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Hi
For me you too,Conchita; seem to have a bottomless bag full of those phrases!. That's was very nice using a load off which let me look it up untill I found it. For all others (as me, of course) who doesn't know what does it mean; here it is:
a load/weight off your mind
when a problem which has been worrying you stops or is dealt with:
I'm so relieved that I don't have to do the after-dinner speech - it's such a weight off my mind!
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
We always benefit from natives.
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