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Chan-Seung Lee
Joined: 03 Dec 2005
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 Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject: left |
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1.There is 3 days left to the entrance exam for the foreign language high school.
2.San Francisco bus drivers are the toughest, crabbiest, meanest people in the whole town. |
1.Is #1 correct grammatically?
2. In #2, someone said to me that 'crabbiest' should be replaced with 'crabbedest'. According to my English dictionary, it says 'crabby' is the same meaning as 'crabbed'. Then, which one is more frequently used among native speakers, 'crabbiest' or 'crabbedest'?
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Bob S.
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
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Location: So. Cal
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:24 am Post subject: Re: left |
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| 1.There is 3 days left to the entrance exam for the foreign language high school. |
1.Is #1 correct grammatically? |
It doesn't sound right. Try:
1.There are 3 days left till/until the entrance exam for the foreign language high school.
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| 2.San Francisco bus drivers are the toughest, crabbiest, meanest people in the whole town. |
2. In #2, someone said to me that 'crabbiest' should be replaced with 'crabbedest'. According to my English dictionary, it says 'crabby' is the same meaning as 'crabbed'. Then, which one is more frequently used among native speakers, 'crabbiest' or 'crabbedest'? |
I've never heard anyone use "crabbed" as an adjective. I've only heard crabby, crabbier, crabbiest.
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