Hey everyone, I posted a similar question last night but I’m sorry I didn’t word it very well (too confusing). Would anyone be kind enough to offer me their opinions now I have reworded my question please? Thank you very much .
‘What did you think of the Easter meal?
It was not as nice as the Christmas meals but we ate a lot more.’
The above sentence compares a single Easter meal to multiple Christmas meals. I initially assumed the ‘we ate a lot more’ applies to the Easter meal rather than the Christmas meals for the correct contrasting/contradicting clauses either side of the word ‘but’. However how can this be correct since more would be eaten in total at Christmas since there were more meals eaten (single Easter meal compared to multiple Christmas Meals)?
Is it because the single Easter meal is compared to any of the single Christmas meals rather than all of the Christmas meals combined? In this case it would be perfectly possible for more to be eaten at the single Easter meal. Does anyone agree?
How would you interpret the answer? Thanks guys :up:, my apologies for the repeat question.
‘What did you think of the Easter meal?
It was not as nice as the Christmas meals but we ate a lot more.’
The above sentence compares a single Easter meal to multiple Christmas meals. I initially assumed the ‘we ate a lot more’ applies to the Easter meal rather than the Christmas meals for the correct contrasting/contradicting clauses either side of the word ‘but’. However how can this be correct since more would be eaten in total at Christmas since there were more meals eaten (single Easter meal compared to multiple Christmas Meals)?
Is it because the single Easter meal is compared to any of the single Christmas meals rather than all of the Christmas meals combined? In this case it would be perfectly possible for more to be eaten at the single Easter meal. Does anyone agree?
How would you interpret the answer? Thanks guys :up:, my apologies for the repeat question.