I'm translating the TPOD, but I can't see the grammar error here. Please someone explain me! My english is not so good!“It seems that reionisation must have happened quicker [sic] than astronomers previously thought.” Although the grammar is in error, we can be sure the math is correct.
"The Fog Clears" grammar error
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Re: "The Fog Clears" grammar error
From the author,
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"quicker" is an adjective: used to modify a noun.
"happened" is a verb: requires an adverb for modification, i.e., "quickly."
Correct form: "happened quickly"
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"quicker" is an adjective: used to modify a noun.
"happened" is a verb: requires an adverb for modification, i.e., "quickly."
Correct form: "happened quickly"
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Re: "The Fog Clears" grammar error
I think I understand it now. So it should be "[...]must have happened more quickly than astronomers[...]"
I will take this into account in the translation.
Thank you!
I will take this into account in the translation.
Thank you!
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Re: "The Fog Clears" grammar error
It may be acceptable to use quick as an adverb but it makes you sound like an ignoramus if you do
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Re: "The Fog Clears" grammar error
Again, from the author.
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The word in question wasn't "quick" (which is acceptable to use as an adverb in informal speech but not in formal writing), but "quicker" (see original press release), which is the comparative form of the adjective & is NEVER acceptable to use as an adverb.
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The word in question wasn't "quick" (which is acceptable to use as an adverb in informal speech but not in formal writing), but "quicker" (see original press release), which is the comparative form of the adjective & is NEVER acceptable to use as an adverb.
I Ching #49 The Image
Fire in the lake: the image of REVOLUTION
Thus the superior man
Sets the calender in order
And makes the seasons clear
www.EU-geology.com
http://www.michaelsteinbacher.com
Fire in the lake: the image of REVOLUTION
Thus the superior man
Sets the calender in order
And makes the seasons clear
www.EU-geology.com
http://www.michaelsteinbacher.com
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