It was the busiest ten minutes of the activity. I arrived at our place three minutes ____(early).只能是比较级吗?
I think the problem with this office is that it is so small. we need a____ (large)one. 只能用比较级吗?比较级不应该是在原级large的基础上更大用large?而先有的句子里是small,要大点的不应该是large吗?
这种情况用原级最常见,也最普通。例如:
The ship arrived 30 minutes early. 船早到了30分钟。《现代英汉词典》
The bus arrived five minutes early. 公共汽车早到了五分钟。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The bus was ten minutes early. 公共汽车早了十分钟。《朗文当代英语词典》
但也有用比较级的。美国现代英语语料库(VOVA)中就有这样的例句。例如:
She had walked into the office thirty minutes earlier.
It had come thirty-five minutes earlier.
She had come in a few minutes earlier to send a tag to Research about one of her cases.
▲如果之后带有than则只能用比较级。例如:
The first snow came a month earlier than usual.第一场雪比往年提早了一个月。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解词典》
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It was the busiest ten minutes of the activity. I arrived at our place three minutes ____(early).
I think the problem with this office is that it is so small. we need a____ (large)one.
以上两句,在实际语言中,使用原级没有错,而且对方都知道说话人要表达的意思。
但从逻辑上讲,用比较级更加合乎情理。
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