What does the "better" refer to? Is the act of choosing better, or is the Y better?
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Hil R. - Jul 24, 2008 3:57:58 am PDT #9247 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil R. - Jul 24, 2008 3:59:48 am PDT #9248 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
If you're saying that a bigger X will, say, give you more information and thus let you get Y closer to what you want it to be, then that construction is good.
Nilly - Jul 24, 2008 4:02:19 am PDT #9249 of 10003
Swouncing
Um, choosing a better Y means that Y is better, no? Silly brain. [Edit: obviously an x-post. Thanks, Hil!]
I'm taking a step back here: in general, how to phrase these sentences, of
"the blah-er X is, the blahblah-er Y (is?)"
Jesse - Jul 24, 2008 5:15:38 am PDT #9250 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The more embarassed you are, the redder your face is.
The larger the sample, the smaller the margin for error.
sumi - Jul 24, 2008 5:20:10 am PDT #9251 of 10003
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Wikepedia is going to be published as a hard cover. WTF?
Nilly - Jul 24, 2008 5:21:18 am PDT #9252 of 10003
Swouncing
Thanks, Jesse!
The larger the sample, the smaller the margin for error.
And there's no "is" there, like in your former example? Can you please define for me the difference between the two examples?
[Edit: So, either the two parts of the sentence have a "to be" verb, or both of them don't?] [Edited yet again because at first I wrote "the two sides of the equation".]
(Why, yes, my brain is at the point where all it can think about is "Computer bad. Sleep pretty". Sorry.)
tommyrot - Jul 24, 2008 5:21:29 am PDT #9253 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Personally, I don't think X is blah enough anyway.
tommyrot - Jul 24, 2008 5:23:47 am PDT #9254 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And there's no "is" there, like in your former example? Can you please define for me the difference between the two examples?
In both examples, the 'is' is optional. It's just whatever sounds better.
Ginger - Jul 24, 2008 5:23:50 am PDT #9255 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Wikepedia is going to be published as a hard cover. WTF?
In this case, WTF is short for "Why the Fuck?"
Jesse - Jul 24, 2008 5:23:50 am PDT #9256 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And there's no "is" there, like in your former example? Can you please define for me the difference between the two examples?
There should be an "is" to make a grammatical sentence, I guess. The second is more like an aphorism than a sentence. Like "the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice." A thing people say, not technically a sentence, I guess.