Thread: No more than VS not more than

According to LONGMAN CONTEMPORARY DICTIONARY FOUR EDITION: No more than means: Only, Merely, but it also includes the meaning of NOT MORE THAN, ... Help RememberMe? Forum NewPosts FAQ Calendar Community MemberList ForumActions MarkForumsRead QuickLinks Today'sPosts ViewSiteLeaders Who'sOnline What'sNew? AdvancedSearch Forum EnglishLanguageQuestions NomorethanV.Snotmorethan Ifthisisyourfirstvisit,besureto checkouttheFAQbyclickingthe linkabove.Youmayhavetoregister beforeyoucanpost:clicktheregisterlinkabovetoproceed.Tostartviewingmessages, selecttheforumthatyouwanttovisitfromtheselectionbelow. Results1to2of2 Thread:NomorethanV.Snotmorethan ThreadTools ShowPrintableVersion Display LinearMode SwitchtoHybridMode SwitchtoThreadedMode 06-27-2005, 10:07PM #1 kenryuakuma Guest NomorethanV.Snotmorethan Ihavereadallthegrammarbooksaswellasallthedictionaries.Ifinallygetthemeaningandthedifferencebetweenthesetwophrases. AccordingtoLONGMANCONTEMPORARYDICTIONARYFOUREDITION: Nomorethanmeans:Only,Merely,butitalsoincludesthemeaningofNOTMORETHAN,whichmeansPARTICULARQUANTITY. However,NotmorethanjustmeanssomethinglikePARTICULARQUANTITYanditdoesn'thavethemeaningofONLYANDMERELY. ButsomegrammarbooksemphasizethatnomorethanjusthasthemeaningofONLYanditdoesn'thavesomethingmeaninglikeparticularquantity.Iamjustwonderingwhichstatementistrue? ReplyWithQuote 06-29-2005, 05:01AM #2 Pete ViewProfile ViewForumPosts PrivateMessage SuperModerator JoinDateFeb2004 LocationVirginia,USA Posts5,505 Re:NomorethanV.Snotmorethan OriginallyPostedbykenryuakuma Ihavereadallthegrammarbooksaswellasallthedictionaries.Ifinallygetthemeaningandthedifferencebetweenthesetwophrases. AccordingtoLONGMANCONTEMPORARYDICTIONARYFOUREDITION: Nomorethanmeans:Only,Merely,butitalsoincludesthemeaningofNOTMORETHAN,whichmeansPARTICULARQUANTITY. However,NotmorethanjustmeanssomethinglikePARTICULARQUANTITYanditdoesn'thavethemeaningofONLYANDMERELY. ButsomegrammarbooksemphasizethatnomorethanjusthasthemeaningofONLYanditdoesn'thavesomethingmeaninglikeparticularquantity.Iamjustwonderingwhichstatementistrue? "Nomorethan"canbeusedeitherway: -Hehadnomorethanenteredtheroomwhentheybegantoquestionhim. -Youwillneednomorethan$50forSaturday'strip. Thewriterofthegrammarbookordictionarymayhavebeenthinkingofjustoneortheotherofthesepossibilities,ormayhavebeenthinkingofboth. ----Pete ReplyWithQuote « PreviousThread | NextThread » PostingPermissions Youmaynotpostnewthreads Youmaynotpostreplies Youmaynotpostattachments Youmaynotedityourposts   BBcodeisOn SmiliesareOn [IMG]codeisOff [VIDEO]codeisOff HTMLcodeisOff ForumRules AlltimesareGMT-8.Thetimenowis05:16AM. PoweredbyvBulletin®Version4.2.5Copyright©2022vBulletinSolutionsInc.Allrightsreserved.