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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:39 pm Post subject: little, less |
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1. If he had said gentlier, their resistance would have been less.
2. In his voice, hesitation was little. |
I made up the above examples using 'little' and 'less'. But I'm not sure if they are correct. Can you let me know?
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Anuradha Chepur
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| Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:04 am Post subject: |
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1. If he had been gentler, their resistance would have been lesser.
2. There was (a) little hesitation in his voice.
less = not much
little = not enough
a little = some |
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Mary W. Ng
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Anuradha Chepur wrote:
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| 1. If he had been gentler, their resistance would have been lesser. |
I'd change lesser to less.
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