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difference between continual and continuous, extend and expand | rather than, except for, in addtion to, inspite of?
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as you're likely to find #1 (permalink) Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:28 am   as you're likely to find
 

Hello everyone
I'd like to ask about the meaning of the phrase "as tireless a public advocate as you're likely to find". The situation is as follows: a reporter is showing her editor the footage she's recorded about hard life in Atlanta.

Now the mayor's office. "Mayor Mone Liebniz is as tireless a public advocate as you're likely to find. It would be easy for him to give up, to accept defeat and simply go through motions. But he continues to fight for his constituency."

Does the phrase "as tireless a public advocate as you're likely to find" mean that the reporter is sure that the audience will think the mayor a tireless public advocate?
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as you're likely to find #2 (permalink) Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:38 am   as you're likely to find
 

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I think it would be more to the point to say that, in the reporter's opinion (or whoever originally said/wrote the sentence), it would be difficult for anyone to find a more tireless public advocate.
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as you're likely to find #3 (permalink) Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:54 am   as you're likely to find
 

Yankee wrote:
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I think it would be more to the point to say that, in the reporter's opinion, it would be difficult to find a more hard-working mayor.
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Thank you very much, Amy!
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