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 #2 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:32 am Adjectives |
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Hi Herc,
There are three so called degrees of comparison - 1 positive - 2 comparative and 3 superlative
as in
1 This fruit is as sweet as that one (the same)
2 This fruit is sweeter than that one (more sweet)
3 This fruit is the sweetest of all three fruits (the most sweet).
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:52 am As...as |
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Thanks Alan
It sounds the same meaning or like it so much ...so it's a positive
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:26 am Adjectives |
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| Alan wrote: | Hi Herc,
There are three so called degrees of comparison - 1 positive - 2 comparative and 3 superlative
as in
1 This fruit is as sweet as that one (the same)
2 This fruit is sweeter than that one (more sweet)
3 This fruit is the sweetest of all three fruits (the most sweet).
Alan |
Hi there!
Positive is the name of the so called degree of comparision, isn?t it?
For example: If I?m as thick as an elephant and as weak as a fly, could that be positive? :shock: :lol:
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:50 am As...as |
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Hi Michael
Are you getting philosophical on us? :lol:
When you use as ... as, you are comparing two things and saying that they're equal or the same.
A "negative" comparison would be not as ... as:
Connecticut is not as big as Texas. :D
Philosphically speaking, when you consider a fly's strength in proportion to its size, isn't a fly exceptionally strong? :lol:
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 19:34 pm As...as |
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Dear Amy
Please see if the given sentences are correct.
1- I am not half as old as your sister.
2- His English is not one fourth as good as his father's.
3- Building a new house will cost you thrice as much money
as your father lost in the gambling.
4- Building a new house will cost you three times the
money your father lost in the gambling
4-Cutting this grass will take you double the time it took
the grass to grow.
Ever yours
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| #7 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 22:10 pm As...as |
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| Tom wrote: | 1- I am not half as old as your sister.
2- His English is not one fourth as good as his father's.
You can say "a/one fouth as (adj.) as" or "a quarter as (adj.) as" or also "25% as (adj.) as", but describing someone's English as not "one fourth as good as" seems a little strange to me.
3- Building a new house will cost you three times as much money as your father lost gambling. "Thrice" is a word, but it's rarely used. (Also: delete "in the")
4- Building a new house will cost you three times the money your father lost gambling (delete "in the")
4-Cutting this grass will take you double the time it took the grass to grow. |
Hi Tom
Corrections/comments are in the quote. :D
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