afraid of somebody to be

Candy,

=>Are people really not able to think of a username? <=

I think that's asking for too much.I mean, they don't have to logg in,they don't have to register, they have totall freedom of posting on this site...

I think we're overdoing it when we're going to ask then to choose a name.

guest: still sounds odd when you consider: "My capacity is more intelligent than you". "My capacity"?! And replace that with "computer's capacity" which is just as silly.

I get your point, the grammar books demand us to use complete sentences
to give more details. But this probably mislead us to make odd sentences,that's the barriers we come across.

<John>
>"don't be afraid of my capacity to be more intelligent than you"
and,
>"don't be afraid that my capacity IS more intelligent than you".
>The comparative is the same: my capacity, more intelligent than you.

I'm sorry but I think, to be more correct grammatically, we should say:
"Don't be afraid that my capacity is more intelligent than YOURS".

I feel now "Don't be afraid of my capacity to be more intelligent than you" could be paraphrased as "Don't be afraid of my capacity that I am more intelligent than you"

Anyway thank you all. Your discussions are very useful to me.

taro

> I'm sorry but I think, to be more correct grammatically, we should say:
> "Don't be afraid that my capacity is more intelligent than YOURS".
>

It is of course but that wasn't the point. The usage in question relates "capacity" to "you". See the earlier posts.