2 Questions on Writing!

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<h1>1. The meaning of his words was even more elusive in his own country than [either Europe or Latin America.]</h1>

<p>I was confused between these two choices.</p>

<p>a. either in Europe or Latin America
b. in either Europe or Latin America</p>

<p>yeah, look very similar, the answer is b. can anyone please explain the difference between two?</p>

<h1>2. Kelly is proud of her own abilities to mediate disputes [more than] any of her other strengths.</h1>

<p>the book says only the [more than] part is wrong, and doesn't explain why. please give me an explanation on this! </p>

<p>I'll look forward to your reply, Thank you for reading :D</p>

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<p>1) you can say : in either america or europe
or
either in america or in europe</p>

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<p>1) In either Europe or America / Either in Europe or in America. Parallelism.</p>

<p>2) “More than” is used to describe two things. What is more than describing here? Very ambiguous, and not actually describing two things at all. Therefore, we’ll change this structure to “Kelly is proud of her own abilities to mediate disputes more than she is proud of any of her other strengths.”</p>

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<p>ohhh okay! I got it :slight_smile: Thank you so much!!!</p>