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Much very good information now available. (Original Post) Norbert May 2020 OP
I fail to see the grammatical error. Laelth May 2020 #1
For the sentence fragment alone I wouldn't give him a passing mark. Norbert May 2020 #2
Try Igel May 2020 #3
English classes have the very best words. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2020 #4

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
1. I fail to see the grammatical error.
Mon May 25, 2020, 08:02 AM
May 2020

It’s an awkward construction, perhaps. It’s not a complete sentence, but, otherwise, it’s grammatically correct.

What am I missing?



-Laelth

Norbert

(6,038 posts)
2. For the sentence fragment alone I wouldn't give him a passing mark.
Mon May 25, 2020, 08:31 AM
May 2020

Twitter is gracious enough to allow for that in a short tweet.

In fact the whole tweet is ambiguous. Much very good information for what? Schools have information? Opening up provides information?
What is he exactly saying?

Igel

(35,274 posts)
3. Try
Mon May 25, 2020, 09:47 AM
May 2020

"A lot of very good information now available."

Suddenly it's much better.

"Much" =/= "very"

It's a quantifier.

All we see is non-cooperation and ill-will in pragmatics. If it can be taken wrong, it must be taken wrong--otherwise where's the show of being critical?

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,321 posts)
4. English classes have the very best words.
Mon May 25, 2020, 11:41 AM
May 2020

Math class helps estimate the biggest inaugural crowd size.

And History class? The Louisiana Purchase gave us the Mississippi River area. Seward's Folly gave us Alaska. Trump's Amazing Purchase almost gained us Greenland, almost.

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