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Shouldn't “much” here be used instead of “more”?
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are In“bigger” vs. “more big”Easier and much easier troubleone of the more fascinatingUse of “-er” or the word “more” to make comparative formsThe pattern of quite as adjective asBetter, more better or much better, which is correct?“A little too (much) young” vs “A little bit too (much) young” vs “a bit too (much) young”What should be used with a person or 3rd person , comparative degree or simple form of adjective
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I read a sentence in a chapter named "The Last Lesson" which was:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more.
More is a comparative adjective. So I wonder in the sentence, it is not clear 'more than what?'. I think it has been used in a wrong way here and the author wanted to convey the sense of much. Am I right?
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I read a sentence in a chapter named "The Last Lesson" which was:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more.
More is a comparative adjective. So I wonder in the sentence, it is not clear 'more than what?'. I think it has been used in a wrong way here and the author wanted to convey the sense of much. Am I right?
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I read a sentence in a chapter named "The Last Lesson" which was:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more.
More is a comparative adjective. So I wonder in the sentence, it is not clear 'more than what?'. I think it has been used in a wrong way here and the author wanted to convey the sense of much. Am I right?
comparative-degree
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I read a sentence in a chapter named "The Last Lesson" which was:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more.
More is a comparative adjective. So I wonder in the sentence, it is not clear 'more than what?'. I think it has been used in a wrong way here and the author wanted to convey the sense of much. Am I right?
comparative-degree
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In this case, it's referring to the number of times they did go to school. The more is in comparison to whatever the reality of the situation actually is.
For instance:
However many vegetables you eat, you can always eat more.
Or, in the sentence in question:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more [than they did].
The explicitly missing words are generally assumed to exist.
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It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more.
This is a grammatical sentence whose meaning is clear. When more is used this way - “they didn’t do X more” it means “they didn’t do X more than they did”. To be more explicit, for this particular sentence:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more than they had gone to school.
It would be redundant to say (or write) that whole sentence; more by itself conveys this meaning.
not much is different - it just means “not a lot”. In this context they were probably sorry they had not gone to school much but we don’t know that for sure. Maybe they did go to school much of the time, but still regretted not going to school more than they did.
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+1 for explaining the difference in meaning that "much" would have.
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In this case, it's referring to the number of times they did go to school. The more is in comparison to whatever the reality of the situation actually is.
For instance:
However many vegetables you eat, you can always eat more.
Or, in the sentence in question:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more [than they did].
The explicitly missing words are generally assumed to exist.
answered 12 hours ago
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In this case, it's referring to the number of times they did go to school. The more is in comparison to whatever the reality of the situation actually is.
For instance:
However many vegetables you eat, you can always eat more.
Or, in the sentence in question:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more [than they did].
The explicitly missing words are generally assumed to exist.
answered 12 hours ago
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
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In this case, it's referring to the number of times they did go to school. The more is in comparison to whatever the reality of the situation actually is.
For instance:
However many vegetables you eat, you can always eat more.
Or, in the sentence in question:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more [than they did].
The explicitly missing words are generally assumed to exist.
answered 12 hours ago
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
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In this case, it's referring to the number of times they did go to school. The more is in comparison to whatever the reality of the situation actually is.
For instance:
However many vegetables you eat, you can always eat more.
Or, in the sentence in question:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more [than they did].
The explicitly missing words are generally assumed to exist.
answered 12 hours ago
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
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It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more.
This is a grammatical sentence whose meaning is clear. When more is used this way - “they didn’t do X more” it means “they didn’t do X more than they did”. To be more explicit, for this particular sentence:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more than they had gone to school.
It would be redundant to say (or write) that whole sentence; more by itself conveys this meaning.
not much is different - it just means “not a lot”. In this context they were probably sorry they had not gone to school much but we don’t know that for sure. Maybe they did go to school much of the time, but still regretted not going to school more than they did.
answered 11 hours ago
MixolydianMixolydian
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+1 for explaining the difference in meaning that "much" would have.
– ColleenV♦
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It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more.
This is a grammatical sentence whose meaning is clear. When more is used this way - “they didn’t do X more” it means “they didn’t do X more than they did”. To be more explicit, for this particular sentence:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more than they had gone to school.
It would be redundant to say (or write) that whole sentence; more by itself conveys this meaning.
not much is different - it just means “not a lot”. In this context they were probably sorry they had not gone to school much but we don’t know that for sure. Maybe they did go to school much of the time, but still regretted not going to school more than they did.
answered 11 hours ago
MixolydianMixolydian
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+1 for explaining the difference in meaning that "much" would have.
– ColleenV♦
7 hours ago
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It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more.
This is a grammatical sentence whose meaning is clear. When more is used this way - “they didn’t do X more” it means “they didn’t do X more than they did”. To be more explicit, for this particular sentence:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more than they had gone to school.
It would be redundant to say (or write) that whole sentence; more by itself conveys this meaning.
not much is different - it just means “not a lot”. In this context they were probably sorry they had not gone to school much but we don’t know that for sure. Maybe they did go to school much of the time, but still regretted not going to school more than they did.
answered 11 hours ago
MixolydianMixolydian
5,486715
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more.
This is a grammatical sentence whose meaning is clear. When more is used this way - “they didn’t do X more” it means “they didn’t do X more than they did”. To be more explicit, for this particular sentence:
It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more than they had gone to school.
It would be redundant to say (or write) that whole sentence; more by itself conveys this meaning.
not much is different - it just means “not a lot”. In this context they were probably sorry they had not gone to school much but we don’t know that for sure. Maybe they did go to school much of the time, but still regretted not going to school more than they did.
answered 11 hours ago
MixolydianMixolydian
5,486715
answered 11 hours ago
MixolydianMixolydian
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answered 11 hours ago
MixolydianMixolydian
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answered 11 hours ago
MixolydianMixolydian
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+1 for explaining the difference in meaning that "much" would have.
– ColleenV♦
7 hours ago
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+1 for explaining the difference in meaning that "much" would have.
– ColleenV♦
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+1 for explaining the difference in meaning that "much" would have.
– ColleenV♦
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+1 for explaining the difference in meaning that "much" would have.
– ColleenV♦
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