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[notletrest]

1.Hawaii is rather south than other parts of the United States.(from a test paper)
Can we say :The book is rather thick than other books on the desk.)
2.The screw located for end stop going right.Is it a correct sentence?
Thank for your advice!

 

[tedtmc]

1.Hawaii is rather south than other parts of the United States.(from a test paper)
That's probably a typo error. Further south than?
You always use the comparative(bigger, better, further) with 'than'.


2.The screw located for end stop going right.Is it a correct sentence?
The sentence does not make any sense. You normally say 'located at', not 'located for'. Where did you get this from?

not a teacher

 

[Raymott]

1.Hawaii is rather south than other parts of the United States.(from a test paper)
Can we say :The book is rather thick than other books on the desk.)
No. Both of those sentences are grammatically wrong.

2.The screw located for end stop going right. Is it a correct sentence?
No. It doesn't even make sense to me. What does it mean?

Thank for your advice!

R.

 

[TheParser]

1.Hawaii is rather south than other parts of the United States.(from a test paper)
Can we say :The book is rather thick than other books on the desk.)
2.The screw located for end stop going right.Is it a correct sentence?
Thank for your advice!

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Hello, Notletrest.

(1) I think (think!!!) I know what the exam writer was trying to say:

(a) If you look at a map, everybody thinks that Florida is the

southernmost state.

(b)But if you study a globe, you see that Hawaii actually is our

southernmost state.

(i) As the Encyclopedia of World Travel says:

"The Hawaiian Islands are more southern and more western than any other part of the United States."

***** Thank you for your question *****

 

[tedtmc]

The collocatiion 'rather south than' is wrong, a glaring error if it is printed on an exam paper.
'Further south than' would have been correct.

 

[notletrest]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Hello, Notletrest.

(1) I think (think!!!) I know what the exam writer was trying to say:

(a) If you look at a map, everybody thinks that Florida is the

southernmost state.

(b)But if you study a globe, you see that Hawaii actually is our

southernmost state.

(i) As the Encyclopedia of World Travel says:

"The Hawaiian Islands are more southern and more western than any other part of the United States."

***** Thank you for your question *****

I agree with you all.For the second one I don't know where I copied it from.Thank you all!