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oristarA
 
Reply Thu 23 Jun, 2011 12:17 am

I think "many more that were fought by any other country " is flawed both logically and grammatically. What the author really wanted to express is:
many more than that that were fought by any other country.

Am I on the right track?

Context:

America Loves
WAR!

America Loves
KILLING!

America Loves
Oppression!

By: George Feigley
Cofounder

No place on Earth is like the United States. At this writing (2006) it's been a country for 230 years. In that time it's fought countless wars, many more that were fought by any other country on the planet.

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http://www.prisoners.com/loveswar.html
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fresco
 
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Reply Thu 23 Jun, 2011 12:46 am
@oristarA,
Looks like a typo (typographical error).
Replace "that" with "than" in the original and it makes sense.
McTag
 
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Reply Thu 23 Jun, 2011 12:56 pm
@oristarA,

Quote:
Am I on the right track?



No. Fido is right. It's a probable typo.

(In fact, have you transcribed it wrongly?)
oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 23 Jun, 2011 10:10 pm
@fresco,
fresco wrote:

Looks like a typo (typographical error).
Replace "that" with "than" in the original and it makes sense.


Thank you.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 23 Jun, 2011 10:12 pm
@McTag,
McTag wrote:


Quote:
Am I on the right track?



No. Fido is right. It's a probable typo.

(In fact, have you transcribed it wrongly?)


Fido's and mine have grabbed the same handle of the meaning.

I copied that. Click the link attached there please.
McTag
 
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Reply Fri 24 Jun, 2011 02:59 am
@oristarA,

Okay. It is on the original.

That is a typo I often make myself. It's easily done.
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 24 Jun, 2011 06:12 am
@McTag,
McTag wrote:


Okay. It is on the original.

That is a typo I often make myself. It's easily done.


A useful clue for me. The most common typo by native English speakers that I've seen for years is "then" for "than." For quite a while I was always stunned by it, wondering why the natives would make such naive mistake.
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