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Old 26-Jul-2005, 02:27
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Default Re: as much ... as ...
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Originally Posted by Mister Micawber
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Personally, I would not touch #1 with a ten-foot parser. Isn't 'unnecessary' non-gradable (lexically speaking, that is)?

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1. This is as much unnecessary as it is undesirable.
I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Do you think someone would sound stupid if they said it?


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