Asked by Anonymous
Is the sentence below grammatically correct?
The more the area is painted, the less the amount of paint remains.
The more the area is painted, the less the amount of paint remains.
Answers
Answered by
Steve
syntactically correct, but not semantically.
Better would be
The more the area is painted, the less paint remains.
Even that is misleading, because maybe the same area is painted repeatedly. So, better would be
The more area that is painted, the less paint remains.
Better would be
The more the area is painted, the less paint remains.
Even that is misleading, because maybe the same area is painted repeatedly. So, better would be
The more area that is painted, the less paint remains.
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