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100 years ago, traffic moved A LITTLE SLOWLER than today.

2007-10-25 08:22:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Primary & Secondary Education

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Well, when you say "than today"...you're comparing traffic to today--the actual day. That doesn't exactly make sense.

The correct sentence would be,
"100 years ago, traffic moved a little slower than the traffic today."

2007-10-25 08:30:38 · answer #1 · answered by head in the clouds 5 · 0 0

I see two errors- capitalization and spelling. The initial phrase, "100 years ago," is fine as is. " ... traffic moved ..." is a good subject-verb clause. " ... A LITTLE SLOWLER ..." has two errors- no reason for capitalization and "SLOWLER" should be "slower." " ... than today ..." is fine- it compares traffic today with traffic 100 years ago.

I'd change the sentence to: "100 years ago, traffic moved a little slower than today." But this is only acceptable in colloquial English. In this sentence, "slow" should be "slowly," since the former is an adjective and the latter is an adverb. You also run into trouble with "little" as a modifier for "slowly." I'd rewrite the sentence as:
"100 years ago, traffic moved a little more slowly than today."

Hope this helps.

2007-10-25 08:32:54 · answer #2 · answered by going_for_baroque 7 · 0 0

You need to correct to "slower", and I'd lose the capital letters, but it seems ok to me. Also, traffic was a lot slower, because the few cars around couldn't go very fast by today's standards.

2007-10-25 09:06:46 · answer #3 · answered by bainaashanti 6 · 0 0

Makes sense, but in 'English' writing, no.

More like:

A hundred years ago, traffic moved a bit slower than today.

or better yet, reverse it:

'Today's traffic is only slightly faster than a century back.'

2007-10-25 09:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by Maria G 2 · 0 0

erm traffic wise no and yes
steering wise yes
loool
was their even traffic then lol

2007-10-25 08:34:20 · answer #5 · answered by StArZ 3 · 0 0

Very simple and unprofessional but it makes sense

2007-10-25 08:30:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It is fine if you spell slower correctly.

2007-10-25 09:51:52 · answer #7 · answered by DrIG 7 · 0 0

no, your spelling is atrocious.

2007-10-25 08:30:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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