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#2 (permalink) Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:41 am Rather |
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Hi Tom,
I don't like the use of rather in your sentence and would use more like instead.
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Alan Co-founder

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#3 (permalink) Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:17 am Use of 'Rather' before noun: This is rather... |
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Many thanks, Alan
OK, I would use more like in the given sentence instead of rather.
Just one question: Is it grammatically incorrect or grammatically correct but odd?
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#4 (permalink) Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:53 am Grammar |
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Hi Tom,
It's not really a question of grammar - it just doesn't make sense to me!
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#5 (permalink) Fri Sep 12, 2008 19:51 pm Use of 'Rather' before noun: This is rather... |
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The use of 'rather' in your sentence seems to me to be both grammatical and intelligible. You just need to provide some context before this sentence. For example:
A: How are you going to present your material? B: Well, let me show you what I've written down. A: (reading paper with topics to be presented) This is rather the content of the lesson, not how you plan to teach it. B: What do you mean? A: Well, are you going to lecture, use Socratic method, do a power point presentation, show a film, or something else altogether? |
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