Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
at 10:08
A loss is that devastating but a win is that sweet of a victory.
When I look at the sentence, I can't help but think of the form "A loss is devastating, but a win is that much sweeter." A xxx is devastating but a yyy is that much sweeter"
Would that have been correct or is what she said correct?
Is it called a 'form'?
Thank you
Grammar
Is what she said correct please?
at 10:08
A loss is that devastating but a win is that sweet of a victory.
When I look at the sentence, I can't help but think of the form "A loss is devastating, but a win is that much sweeter." A xxx is devastating but a yyy is that much sweeter"
Would that have been correct or is what she said correct?
Is it called a 'form'?
Thank you
Top answer
Anonymous A loss is that devastating but a win is that sweet of a victory. That is what she said. It is not careful grammar for written English, but it is common and natural in informal conversation as here.
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AnonymousA loss is that devastating but a win is that sweet of a victory.That is what she said. It is not careful grammar for written English, but it is common and natural in informal conversation as here.
AnonymousA loss is devastating, but a win is very sweet.That is probably how we would revise it when using th
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