Re: The...the...
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 8:20 |
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caeruleancentaur wrote at 2006-04-25 17:03:41 (-0000)
> Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
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> >The higher the lower. Makes no sense--in English.
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> The higher the pole vaulter went, the lower the spirits of the
> opposition sank.
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> It really does depend on context. :-)
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> Charlie
I don't think that's what Sally meant. Certainly you can use "the
higher the X, the lower the Y" in context, but I don't think you _can_
ever say "the higher the lower" as you can "the more the merrier" or
"the sooner the better".
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