Why should I use the words "entire group of boys" instead of "entire boys". I know the first one is correct but can't explain why other than it sounds right. I need to explain why as part of a paper.
the entire garden field There's nothing else entire could really be modifying here. The collision with little makes it awkward in its normal position (the entire, little garden field), since it's such a different function from the other adjective. One is describing the field itself while the other is qualifying the portion of the field walked over.
What part of speech is the word "entire" in "over the little garden ...
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語源 Origin obscure. Semantically equivalent to, and often understood as, an ellipsis of more often than not so. Possibly sometimes understood as more often than zero (see nought and naught), especially in reference to scales or gauges where mark zero represents the midpoint of measurement or frequency.
研究社 新英和中辞典での「nothing less than」の意味 nothing less than… アクセント nòthing léss than… (1) 少なくとも … くらい は. We expected nothing less than an abject apology. 少なくとも 平身低頭 の 謝罪 が 当然 くるものと 思っていた. (2) …に ほかならない, …ほど の.
It's less than honest not to mention that. それに 言及 しないの は ちっとも 正直 でない.
発音 前置詞 other than (idiomatic) Except, besides. There was no furniture in the abandoned house, other than a broken bedstead. (idiomatic) Otherwise than; in any other way than, for any other reason than, etc. The problem cannot be solved other than by putting in much time and effort. He was never anything other than pleasant to me.