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Which sentences sound natural?
"Climbing Mt. Fuji was much more exhausting than I had thought."
"Climbing Mt. Fuji was much more exhausting than I had thought it would be."
Which sentences sound natural?
"Climbing Mt. Fuji was much more exhausting than I had thought."
"Climbing Mt. Fuji was much more exhausting than I had thought it would be."
"Climbing Mt. Fuji was much more exhausting than I had thought."
"Climbing Mt. Fuji was much more exhausting than I had thought it would be."
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@qing3
They are both acceptable, the first one being merely a slightly contracted version of the second one. In fact you can take the contraction a little bit further –
Climbing Mount Fuji was more much more exhausting than I thought.
Everyone will understand that you are contracting –… than I had thought it would be
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@qing3
They are both acceptable, the first one being merely a slightly contracted version of the second one. In fact you can take the contraction a little bit further –
Climbing Mount Fuji was more much more exhausting than I thought.
Everyone will understand that you are contracting –… than I had thought it would be
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