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Sentence structures #1 (permalink) Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:43 am   Sentence structures
 

You didn't get up as early as me.

Can I also say: "You got up not as early as me?"

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Sentence structures #2 (permalink) Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:54 am   Sentence structures
 

You can say it - but it wouldn't be good grammar usage!
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Sentence structures #3 (permalink) Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:09 pm   Sentence structures
 

hello bes,
what is the difference

I fell off & I fell over

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Sentence structures #4 (permalink) Sun Oct 16, 2011 14:03 pm   Sentence structures
 

fall off - fall from the edge of something
fall over - end up lying on the ground having tripped, usually the trip was on an object on the ground which they did not see.
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