Riglos  +  204679 Thu, 09 Mar 06 06:41 PM Hi there! I find the following sentence a little problematic and ambiguous: I love you more than anybody else. Does this mean that I love you more than anybody else does or that I love you more than I love anybody else? Thanks a lot! Mara. Riglos Joined on Thu, Sep 15 2005 Full Member 169

	nona the brit  +  204682 Thu, 09 Mar 06 06:53 PM It means that you love several people but this is the one you love most. Or, It could mean that you love this person more than anyone else loves this person. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Riglos  +  204691 Thu, 09 Mar 06 07:29 PM So, from what you say, Nona, it could have both meanings. So how would you disambiguate the sentence? Thanks! Mara. Riglos

	Grammar Geek  +  204696 Thu, 09 Mar 06 08:01 PM You add more words. I love you more than anybody else loves you. I love you more than I love anybody else. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Clive  +  204795 Fri, 10 Mar 06 03:41 AM Hi, Quite so. But in the real world, if you say this in the right context and at the right moment, your lover will not find it problematic and ambiguous. If he/she breaks off the passionate embrace and begins to question your meaning, I suggest that you have worse problems to deal with than unclear grammar. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,677 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Grammar