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What does 'many fewer' mean in: "There are many fewer roots in Russian across parts of speech than one finds in English.?

Education & Reference by Anonymous 2018-06-24 14:05:37

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What does 'many fewer' mean in: "There are many fewer roots in Russian across parts of speech than one finds in English.?

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  • Anonymous

    If you know that 'few' means 'not many', then 'many fewer' means 'a lot less than that'.

  • Anonymous

    Simply, "many fewer" means much less.

  • Anonymous

    a much smaller number of roots.

  • Anonymous

    less

  • Anonymous

    Very significantly less

  • Anonymous

    It means that, in the English language, there are fewer words that are derived from the Russian language than there are from other languages (like Latin and Greek and French)

  • Anonymous

    It means a much smaller number.

  • Anonymous

    Not as many.....less.

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