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Can you 'agree' with something in varying degrees?

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00:00 Can You 'Agree' With Something In Varying Degrees?
00:25 Accepted Answer Score 6
00:58 Thank you

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I think it's perfectly okay to say "I agree with you up to a point" or I partly agree with you", so similarly you can agree with one statement more than another. You could agree with both statements, but one suits your own opinions better. For example: "Scotland should have more autonomy" and "Scotland should have independence". If I was a nationalist, I would probably agree with both statements, but I would certainly agree more with the second.