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Expression: "The distance between the two ends is as mush as Tom and me...'



 
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Expression: "The distance between the two ends is as mush as Tom and me...' #1 (permalink) Sat Sep 01, 2007 20:37 pm   Expression: "The distance between the two ends is as mush as Tom and me...'
 

Hi

Do you find it correct and natural? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Quote:
The distance between the two ends (of the board) is as mush as Tom and me right now.


The writer is sitting with Tom and discussing the size of some board with his friend.

Tom

PS: Me or myself
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Expression: "The distance between the two ends is as mush as Tom and me...' #2 (permalink) Sat Sep 01, 2007 23:42 pm   Expression: "The distance between the two ends is as mush as Tom and me...'
 

That's kind of an odd sentence, Tom.

How about this instead:

The width of the board is about the same as the distance between Tom and me right now.

Maybe somebody else will have some other suggestions for you.
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Expression: "The distance between the two ends is as mush as Tom and me. #3 (permalink) Mon Sep 03, 2007 15:35 pm   Expression: "The distance between the two ends is as mush as Tom and me.
 

Many thanks, Amy

How about this one? Does it still sound odd to you?

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The distance between the two ends of the board is as mush as the distance between Tom and me right now.


Thanks in advance

Tom
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Expression: "The distance between the two ends is as mush as Tom and me. #4 (permalink) Tue Sep 04, 2007 21:35 pm   Expression: "The distance between the two ends is as mush as Tom and me.
 

Hello, Amy

Did you miss this?

I am waiting...

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Expression: "The distance between the two ends is as mush as Tom and me...' #5 (permalink) Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:50 am   Expression: "The distance between the two ends is as mush as Tom and me...'
 

Hi Tom

Sometimes additional context helps. Cool Laughing

When I answered your question initially, I assumed you referring to a game board for some reason. Confused So that's why I recommended using the word width -- a game board usually has sides and corners rather than ends, the length and width are frequently either the same or not much different, and there isn't much distance from side to side.

Of course, there are also boards in a PC... but nowadays they're pretty minuscule.

If, however, the board you are referring to is a long piece of wood -- say 4 feet long -- then it would be more appropriate to talk about ends (and the length) -- so I'm now assuming that you probably mean that type of board. Laughing

You can say 'as much as', but I think people would tend to say 'the same as' instead.
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