The opening sentence of a letter in the newspaper said, "I could not agree more ....".
I have the habit of reading quickly. I was somewhat confused with this statement. I thought that the writer was expressing disagreement.
Normally, I prefer to write in the positive, such as "I strongly agree".
This is the beauty of the English Language, Mr. Tan.
ReplyDeleteI could not have been more fortunate....
I could not have been more delighted with the proposal.
Of course, like you, I prefer simple and more straightforward construction of English sentences.
If Professor Higgins were still alive, I wonder what he would have thought of Singlish?