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#1 (permalink) Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:16 am The use of "oddly sudden"

Hi

Please see below:

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Student wrote:

Are these sentences acceptable?

1. On being deprived of parental affection, children easily turn into criminals.
2. Deprived of parental affection, children easily turn into criminals.

Mister Micawber wrote:

Yes. I much prefer #2; number 1 makes the transformation seem oddly sudden.

My questions are:

1- Are "very much prefer" and "much prefer" same?
2- What is "oddly sudden?"

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#2 (permalink) Sun Feb 25, 2007 13:11 pm The use of "oddly sudden"

. 1-- Very much prefer indicates a stronger preference than much prefer. 2-- oddly sudden = unusually quick; strangely precipitous . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

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#3 (permalink) Sun Feb 25, 2007 18:34 pm The use of "oddly sudden"

Hi Tom

Just an additional observation:

Quote:

"On being deprived of parental affection.."

Using the word 'on' makes the sentence sound as though it means something like this:
Even if children have had plenty of parental affection in the past, the moment they are deprived of this affection, the children can easily become criminals.

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