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Akina_yuan
28 Dez 2021

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Some considered the risk manageable, while others did not. Final answers will depend on studies of still more astronauts.

I am working on this problem:
-‘still’ can best be replaced by
(a)until, (b)yet, (c)quite, (d)quiet

In the sentence above, what does 'still' mean? I think it emphasizes 'more', but is it correct?
Then what is the answer?

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iLovePandas17
28 Dez 2021

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"still" does technically emphasize more, but it sounds unnatural. think that "yet" would be the best choice, but I would actually choose to use "even."

"Final answers will depend on studies of even more astronauts." I think that this would be the best way to say it.

Akina_yuan
28 Dez 2021

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@iLovePandas17 Thank you for you answer! It is easy for me to eliminate (a)until and (c)quiet, but I don’t know why (c) is not correct here. Could you explain the reason?
-still more astronauts
-yet more astronauts
-quite more astronauts
-even more astronauts
All four phrases look correct for me.
iLovePandas17
28 Dez 2021

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@akinanyuan still, yet, quite, and even are all technically correct. It's just that even is a much more common way of saying it and sounds better to most native speakers.

"final answers will depend on studies of yet more astronauts" is correct, just significantly less common than "even."

"still" and "quite" are also correct ways of saying it. They are both perfectly correct as far as I know, just a more uncommon way of saying it.

so all four (still, yet, quite, even) work and all four are correct. But "even" is the most common choice for most native speakers.

(I think that several decades ago it may have been more common to hear "still" "yet" and "quite" used instead of "even," and over time they have become a less popular choice. But I'm not completely sure on that)



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Some considered the risk manageable, while others did not. Final answers will depend on studies of still more astronauts. I am working on this problem: -‘still’ can best be replaced by (a)until, (b)yet, (c)quite, (d)quiet In the sentence above, what does 'still' mean? I think it emphasizes 'more', but is it correct? Then what is the answer?
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