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Sentence #672141

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 Shishir Shishir December 18, 2010 December 18, 2010 at 12:38:18 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

shouldn't it be "the most"?

qdii qdii December 18, 2010 December 18, 2010 at 12:41:50 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

To my mind both are fines :)
But I'd love a native to explain the difference between the two :)
@NNC

Zifre Zifre December 18, 2010 December 18, 2010 at 12:52:00 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Both ways would be fine, although there is a slight difference in meaning. "The most" would imply a very strict group with only the very most important crossroads. "The more" is more general, including some that are less important, but still more than normal.

In this case, I think it sounds better the way it is (with "the more").

So you can remove the NNC. :-)

Zifre Zifre December 18, 2010 December 18, 2010 at 12:53:24 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Actually, I just thought I'd point out that "intersections" would be a lot more common that "crossroads", but either way is fine. (Maybe "crossroads" is more common in British English? I'm not sure.)

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The more important crossroads are equipped with traffic lights and roundabouts.

added by qdii, December 18, 2010
➜ #672143Les plus importants carrefours sont munis de feux tricolores et de ronds-points.

linked by qdii, December 18, 2010
➜ #1960717Los cruces más importantes tienen semáforos y rotondas.

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linked by goulissa_hamani, April 23, 2023
➜ #5671132La plej gravaj vojkrucoj estas ekipitaj per trafiklumoj kaj trafikocirkloj.

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