"Diabetes is
onlysurpassed by cancer. " Hmm....
Let's see. I can write sentence like
"Diabetes is caused by cancer." ---Really? I don't believe it!
"Diabetes is triggered by cancer." ---same as above
"Diabetes is aggravated by cancer. " ----Possible... If getting cancer makes diabetic patients worse.
"Diabetes is proved by cancer. " ----What?@@
"Diabetes is studied by cancer. " ---Are you crazy? Do you mean there is a scientist named "cancer" who studies diabetes?
....I can replace "surpassed" with any verb (in past participle form) that comes into my mind, although some of the words make ludicrous sentences
Okay, so here's what I mean:
When you say, "Diabetes is
onlysurpassed by cancer. "
You mean, ONLY "surpassed" - not "caused", not "triggered", not "aggravated", not "proved", ....
Got it?
So, we must say "Diabetes is surpassed only by cancer"; we cannot say "Diabetes is only surpassed by cancer".
-- by 会员 babybearmm (2012/2/11 16:09:11)