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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

As ~ as

I think the following sentence 1 is wrong, and it should be the sentence 2. Could you confirm whether I am right? Thank you.

1. She didn’t spend so money yesterday as I do today.
2. She didn’t spend so much money yesterday as I do today.
  

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(1) is wrong, as you say. (2) is a slightly awkward combination of tenses. These are better: "She didn't spend so much money yesterday as I have (done) today / as I'm spending today / as I intend to (spend) today".

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  • (1) is wrong, as you say.
  • (2) is a slightly awkward combination of tenses.
  • These are better: "She didn't spend so much money yesterday as I have (done) today / as I'm spending today / as I intend to (spend) today".
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(1) is wrong, as you say.

(2) is a slightly awkward combination of tenses. These are better: "She didn't spend so much money yesterday as I have (done) today / as I'm spending today / as I intend to (spend) today".
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I see. Then, how about "She made more money ten years ago than you do now" and "I spoke English better than he does now"? In case of these, I think both of them are okay.
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lucas21cI see. Then, how about "She made more money ten years ago than you do now" and "I spoke English better than he does now"? In case of these, I think both of them are okay.
Right.
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