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I've mulled on a sentence that I seldom use. Does the below sentence sound correct ? or does it sound ambiguous?

" I am more a suitor to university work than corporate office work".

Should I make it clearer by expounding " of" after more, repeat the noun " suitor" after than or a pronoun representing the noun "suitor"?
_"I am more of a suitor to university work than to corporate work"
or
" I am more of a suitor to university work than a suitor to corporate work".
The last one sounds superfluous to me.
** I am not a native speaker, so please help"

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@tri8926,

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I've mulled over [on] a sentence that I seldom use.

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" I am more a suitor to university work than corporate office work".

This one is fine and it's perfectly clear. Your other examples work also.

This one,

" I am more of a suitor to university work than a suitor to corporate work".

could also be,

" I am more of a suitor to university work than I am a suitor to corporate work".

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@tri8926,

I have never seen the word "suitor" used like that.
Look it up in a good dictionary, and see if you want to change it.

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@McTag,

I agree. I've never seen it either.

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@tri8926,

tri8926 wrote:

I've mulled on a sentence that I seldom use.
Does the below sentence sound correct ? or does it sound ambiguous?

" I am more a suitor to university work than corporate office work".

Should I make it clearer by expounding " of" after more,
repeat the noun " suitor" after than or a pronoun representing the noun "suitor"?
_"I am more of a suitor to university work than to corporate work"
or
" I am more of a suitor to university work than a suitor to corporate work".
The last one sounds superfluous to me.
** I am not a native speaker, so please help"

A "suitor" is usually understood to be a fellow
who socially entertains and takes out a young lady before marriage.
Suitors are commonly called: "boyfriends".

Your sentence 'd be better rendered:"I am better suited to
university work than to corporate work".

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Your sentence 'd be better rendered:"I am better suited to
university work than to corporate work".

We agree on something.

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@izzythepush,

Yes.
Strange that our resident guru, the one who "understands about how language works", missed that.

Silly cnut.

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@izzythepush,

Also Izzy, Tri, you can drop the first "work"

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@McTag,

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Strange that our resident guru, the one who "understands about how language works", missed that.

Not at all, McTag. That happens to you, me and others all the time. The real test is the large number of language boners you so frequently bring to the language discussions. And what's worse is your fumbling around saying nothing in defense of said boners.

The ones that you have gleaned from your little collection of style manuals. Fowler sits on your shelf unused because you are too embarrassed to use him as a source. In point of fact, you have no sources, you just gurgle out your ignorance.

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@JTT,

I don't recognise this description, but as for you, you seem to be a person who can't see the wood for the trees; as evidenced by your latest gaffe.
You're overtrained, over-specialised, and on the way you've lost whatever commonsense you started with.

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@izzythepush,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Your sentence 'd be better rendered:"I am better suited to
university work than to corporate work".

izzythepush wrote:

We agree on something.

Well, we agree that u r a fine fellow, right ?

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@OmSigDAVID,

I dunno about that.

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@tri8926,

tri8926 wrote:

I've mulled on a sentence that I seldom use.
Does the below sentence sound correct ? or does it sound ambiguous?

" I am more a suitor to university work than corporate office work".

Should I make it clearer by expounding "of" after more,
repeat the noun " suitor" after than or a pronoun representing the noun "suitor"?
_"I am more of a suitor to university work than to corporate work"
or
" I am more of a suitor to university work than a suitor to corporate work".
The last one sounds superfluous to me.
** I am not a native speaker, so please help"

Sir, if I may,
I will offer some advice beyond ideal grammar, to wit:
In another century, I hired personnel for my law firm.
If someone told me that he is better suited to one type of work,
as distinct from something else, I might very well have probed
his self-description by asking HOW he is better at one than the other.
I respectfully suggest that you plan defensively
and that you be prepared to cope with probing questions.

David

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@dalehileman,

dalehileman wrote:

Also Izzy, Tri, you can drop the first "work"

If I read it that way,
I 'd be uncertain of whether he was telling me
that he was a better student than a worker.

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@McTag,

You either recognize that apt description of you or you are as delusional as Oralboy, OmSig or BillRM.

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as evidenced by your latest gaffe.

You don't know **** from shinola when it comes to language, McTag.

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@JTT,

But you do? So how come you make such howlers?

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@McTag,

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But you do?

Yes, by your own admission, a number of times.

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@OmSigDAVID,

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I 'd be uncertain of whether he was telling methat he was a better student than a worker.

Point well taken, Dave, I'll have to mull it over

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@McTag,

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So how come you make such howlers?

So how come all you can do is whine about these howlers but you can never discuss them. Because you don't know **** from shinola when it comes to language. You sit dumbfounded, with Fowler or your other prescriptive wags sitting useless on your shelves, and you never discuss anything about the issues you raise.

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@JTT,

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Yes, by your own admission, a number of times.

The good mechanic is worthy of his hire, but it doesn't make him an Issigonis nor a Fangio.

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