Nowhere near
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:10 am
From a news story: "Although nowhere near as strong as Katrina, Isaac is a massive storm."
"Nowhere near" bothers me. Substitute "not nearly" or just "nearly"? Are they all double negatives? Or are "nowhere" and "not" merely intensifiers? And can the adjective "strong" be modified adverbially through the as...as construction?
Whatcha think?
"Nowhere near" bothers me. Substitute "not nearly" or just "nearly"? Are they all double negatives? Or are "nowhere" and "not" merely intensifiers? And can the adjective "strong" be modified adverbially through the as...as construction?
Whatcha think?