A grammar structure I need explanation
Hello everyone,
I was faced the grammar structure below while I was reading European Commission's draft. Can you help me understand this structure?
"Solo self-employed persons who are not in a situation comparable to that of workers may nevertheless be in a weak bargaining position vis-à-vis their counterparties"
The part I didn't understand well bolded. I know we can use adjective after noun sometimes, but I can't understand especially "to that of workers" part.
I'm grateful If you explain this structure.
Top answer
First of all, you have a "that of" structure. "that" refers back to "situation", thus: a situation comparable to that of workers ~ a situation comparable to the situation of workers Then, 'comparable' takes a complement 'to the situation of workers'. That's why 'comparable' occurs after the noun it modifies.
- First of all, you have a "that of" structure.
- "that" refers back to "situation", thus: a situation comparable to that of workers ~ a situation comparable to the situation of workers Then, 'comparable' takes a complement 'to the situation of workers'.
- That's why 'comparable' occurs after the noun it modifies.
- We don't write a {comparable to the situation of workers} situation .
- You can paraphrase the original as a situation which can be compared to the situation of workers .
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First of all, you have a "that of" structure. "that" refers back to "situation", thus:
a situation comparable to that of workers ~
a situation comparable to the situation of workers
Then, 'comparable' takes a complement 'to the situation of workers'. That's why 'comparable' occurs after the noun it modifies. We don't write
a {comparable t
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