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Yoshiyuki
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 Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:15 am Post subject: natural collocation |
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| Which sounds more natural, "I like her all the more for her kindness." or "I like her all the better for her kindness."? |
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bud
Joined: 09 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Yoshiyuki,
To me, the first one is completely natural. |
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advoca
Joined: 09 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: natural collocation |
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| Yoshiyuki wrote: |
| Which sounds more natural, "I like her all the more for her kindness." or "I like her all the better for her kindness."? |
Hi,
To me the first sounds the more natural.
But I think the two are dictinctions without a difference. |
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kurt
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Listen with your ear. In this case I agree with "all the more."
Now, if I were to say, "I like her all the better for her beauty." I like the use of "better" for its poetic value. |
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