tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post3205679141521884938..comments2023-10-09T21:49:57.366+09:00Comments on Page F30: Bill Clinton talks about Germanic vs. Romance vocabulary in English while on the stump for Barack Obama in FloridaMehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-36654245525943325712008-10-04T13:25:00.000+09:002008-10-04T13:25:00.000+09:00I think this is a somewhat problematic comparison,...I think this is a somewhat problematic comparison, because "that much more" is stronger than "relatively more" in meaning, beyond questions of tone. "Relatively" is a sort of hedging construction, while "that much more" is basically as forceful as saying "even more".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com