Do you compare your dog with your friend?

[Indiansoil]

Hi,

I would like to start a topic here which I hope you will find interesting and useful. So, let's step forward

Idea: Jack wants to show that his dog is better than his friend's dog.

Consider these statements:

1. My dog is better than you.
2. My dog is better than yours.
3. My dog is better than that of you.
4. My dog is better than your dog.

Which statement conveys or statements convey Jack's message in the correct and right way? Just think about it and jot down your answer on a paper and then scroll down the page to check my answer below.

Answer:

All the statements do the job, except the first one.

Explanation:

The idea was to compare Jack's dog with his friend's dog and not to compare the dog with the friend. If you make such mistakes then you should always focus on the persons or objects that you want to make a comparison between. In case you are confused then use the formats given in the italicized phrases.

Homework (don't be afraid of it) :

1. The temperature of India is higher than England.
2. The wall of hell is bigger than China.

(I can't write more as I am working also. Just construct your own sentences and post them here If you like this post then let me know it and I will post some more topics which you will find interesting.)

Cheers!

[Daemon99]

'I can't write more as I am working also'

I think this is typical Indian English --using also at the end of the sentence. I am an Indian myself and I use that quite often.

Would a native English speaker put it this way? 'I can't write more as I am working too'
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[Indiansoil]

I can't write more as I am working also.

Or

I can't write more as I am working too.

Both the sentences are fine! But when "too" is used in a sentence, it should be carefully used. Well, in fact, every word must be carefully used in a sentence to convey the intended message. But I have seen many people putting the term "too" in a wrong way.

Egampligratia:

The movie is too good!

That lady is too beautiful!

Well, I don't think that in the above two examples "too" has been appropriately used.

Here "too good" means: good - more than required or it shoud be.

"The movie is too good" shows it has nothing or less to do with the reality.

"The lady is too beautiful" shows she is beautiful more than required. She should wash her makeup off her face! Haha!!!

Quite often "too" is incorrectly used for "very or much".