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 #2 (permalink) Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:55 am advantages vs disadvantages |
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The pros outweigh the cons
The benefits exceed their absence
Maybe someone else has more interesting ones... |
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HamburgEnglish
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Nov 28, 2008 13:23 pm advantages vs disadvantages |
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| HamburgEnglish wrote: |
| The benefits exceed their absence |
That one is not really English. If you don't believe me, google it.
You can also say "the positives outweigh the negatives", "there are more positive aspects than negative ones", "there are more advantages than disadvantages", "it has more to recommend it than..." (Google that last phrase, and you'll see how people finish it.)
If I think of more, I'll tell you. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Nov 29, 2008 14:11 pm advantages vs disadvantages |
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| Thanks very much! It helped me a lot:-) |
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Jieunbaek
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Nov 29, 2008 14:14 pm advantages vs disadvantages |
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| That one is not really English. If you don't believe me, google it. |
There is not much English that is really English !!!
I have known that phrase for only 40 years or so ??? With the world at about... um .. millions of years old ... maybe 40 years is not enough...
Anyway, who said it has to be of English origin. I thought only in English would be enuff !!! (smirk)
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HamburgEnglish
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:49 am advantages vs disadvantages |
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| Perhaps it's a BrE thing. I've never heard that either. |
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