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Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2010It's more of a pain than of a communication.
Hi all, Consider the following two expressions: It's more of a pain than of a communication. It's more of a pain than a communication. I want to know whether both are correct or not?  Signature.: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I want to know whether both are correct or not? I think they are both idiomatic. But as a matter of style, I would like the second one to say "It's more a pain than a communication", and I would prefer this statement to the first one. And I know people who would prefer your second example _as it is_ to the first one. You could also say "It's more pain than communication". However, in this last version changes the meaning a bit. Hongyi Zhao asks about: > > It's more of a pain than of a communication. > > It's more of a pain than a communication. Pat Durkin thinks: > I think they are both idiomatic. I disagree; I say the first one is wrong. > But as a matter of style, I would like the second one to say > "It's more a pain than a communication", and I would prefer this... I agree. SignatureMark Brader, Toronto "Don't be evil." msb@vex.net -- corporate policy, Google Inc. Second sentence sounds more fluid I think. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:54:24 +0800 from Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>: > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I want to know whether both are correct or not? The second one is correct, though I can't imagine a real-life situation in which one would say that sentence. The first one seems wrong to me, but I don't know exactly why. Maybe it's just idiom. "More of a problem than an opportunity" sounds right to me, but "more of a problem than of an opportunity" sounds wrong. The third choice, "more a problem than an opportunity", sounds right but overly formal: I might write it, but I wouldn't say it. SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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