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Handtalk Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

"as good as ever" vs. "better than ever"

Hi, I have a question.

What is the difference in meaning between the two sentences?

1. You look as good as ever.

2. You look better than ever.

Thanks.
  

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Suppose I have $20. If you also have $20, you have as much as I have. If you have $30, you have more than I have.

— CalifJim

  • Suppose I have $20.
  • If you also have $20, you have as much as I have.
  • If you have $30, you have more than I have.
  • If you look as good as ever, you look as good as you usually look.
  • If you look better than ever, you look better than you usually look.
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Suppose I have $20.

If you also have $20, you have as much as I have.
If you have $30, you have more than I have.

If you look as good as ever, you look as good as you usually look.
If you look better than ever, you look better than you usually look.

CJ
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Thanks for the reply, CalifJim.

So, the sentence "You look as good as ever." puts emphasis on "good-ness", not "the same-ness", and is a good thing to say to someone?

This "as ... as" construction sometimes is confusing to me; for example, the meaning of "There were as many as 1000 people at the concert".

Does the "as many as 1000 people" mean "exactly 1000 people" or "
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handtalkthe meaning of "There were as many as 1000 people at the concert".
That's a specialized usage of as many as with a number. It means an estimated maximum.

There were a lot of people at the concert -- in round numbers, maybe about 1000 -- maybe not quite so many -- I'm just estimating.
handtalkthe sentence
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Thank you, CalifJim.
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