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		Grammar and Linguistics > hello everybody I need your help please     
			
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 aadnan touil
 
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							| hello everybody I need your help please 
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							| Is the following expression correct it is not that of much ease
 
 
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 cunliffe
 
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							| No.  All I can think of that it might be is  �it �s not that easy �. |  9 May 2014     
					
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 pinkblossom
 
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							| I think we can say, it �s not that much easy |  10 May 2014     
					
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 douglas
 
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							| I agree with Lynne-(Cunliffe), 
 Cheers, Douglas |  10 May 2014     
					
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 ueslteacher
 
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							| I �m with Lynne. @ pinkblossom: "much" is used with comparatives, isn �t it? Also "it �s not that much of a probplem" comes to mind... but I haven �t heard what you mentioned. Maybe the key is in the context where "that" refers to something previously mentioned. E.g. "He lives a simple life but it �s not that of much ease" could this be the case? Native-speaking forum people, what do you think? |  10 May 2014     
					
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 cunliffe
 
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							| Yes, your sentence is possible, Sophia, but I would change the  �that � to  �one �. And to be a stickler, change  �but � to  �and �. |  10 May 2014     
					
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