Does this sentence work for you?
"The white wool knits much easier than the blue wool."
"The white wool knits much easier than the blue wool."
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"The white wool knits much easier than the blue wool.&q
Does this sentence work for you?
"The white wool knits much easier than the blue wool."
Knitting with the white wool is much easier than knitting with the blue.
For me "The white wool knits much easier than the blue wool" would be:
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It works imperfectly for me. It grates on me because it's not the wool doing the knitting however I can't think of a better way of putting it that isn't (at least a little) cumbersome. I s'pose I say "The white wool is much easier to knit with than the blue wool."
<It grates on me because it's not the wool doing the knitting however I can't think of a better way of putting it that isn't (at least a little) cumbersome. >
I think we all know that the wool is not doing the knitting. The construction is an example of the "English middle voice". Similar: This book reads well. This bread cuts easily. In those, do you think that we will understand "bread doing the cutting" or "book doing the reading?
is this construction correct?
"The white wool is much easier to knit than that of blue wool."
<"The white wool is much easier to knit than that of blue wool." >
Yes, it's correct.
<"The white wool is much easier to knit than that of blue wool." >
Sorry... no, it's not correct.
No, I don't think that the wool is doing the knitting, the bread is doing the cutting or book doing the reading. I understand what's being meant: as I say it still does work for me. I guess it's the old middle voice in general which grates on me.
No, "The white wool is much easier to knit than that of blue wool." is not correct. "The white wool is much easier to knit than that of blue." would be correct but a little strange like a failing attempt to sound poetic.
<I guess it's the old middle voice in general which grates on me.>
Jim is grated on easily. ;-) |