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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject: To harmony |
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Harmony, thanks for your kind reply to my questions.
By the way, I have one which I couldn't get in your answer.
That is as follows:
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| If Mrs. Black had said, "Her hair's a different color every week. How does she look today?" the negative overtones would have been a good deal less. |
In the above 'less' is very hard for me to understand. I think it's proper to use 'a little' instead of 'less' because 'less' means negetive meaning.
Now I see 'the negative overtones would have been a good deal less.' as
'the negative overtones would have been a good deal a little.'
I wonder if I am right. Am I right?
I'm looking forward to your reply.
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Mister Micawber
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The overtones would have been considerably less negative.
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