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Jazzmaster Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
As much ... As = The Superlative Degree???
Here is another question. It is on the comparative degree.
This one bothers me a lot.
The Sentence:
1. She has as much experience in teaching as anyone in this school.
Question:
With use of "as much ... as", could sentence 1 above means like 2 below? In other words, the superlative degree?
2. She has more experiences in teaching than anyone else in this school.
I thought sentence 1 only meant:
3. She is an experienced teacher but no more than anyone else. Thus all teachers are equally experienced in this school.
... I have never heard that sentence 1 could mean the superlative degree but some people so insists. Where does this idea come from?
I do not care what example you may use, but someone please convince me. Thanks in advance.
This one bothers me a lot.
The Sentence:
1. She has as much experience in teaching as anyone in this school.
Question:
With use of "as much ... as", could sentence 1 above means like 2 below? In other words, the superlative degree?
2. She has more experiences in teaching than anyone else in this school.
I thought sentence 1 only meant:
3. She is an experienced teacher but no more than anyone else. Thus all teachers are equally experienced in this school.
... I have never heard that sentence 1 could mean the superlative degree but some people so insists. Where does this idea come from?
I do not care what example you may use, but someone please convince me. Thanks in advance.
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Hi, Here is another question. It is on the comparative degree. This one bothers me a lot.
- Hi, Here is another question.
- It is on the comparative degree.
- This one bothers me a lot.
- The Sentence: 1.
- She has as much experience in teaching as anyone in this school.
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Hi,
Here is another question. It is on the comparative degree.
This one bothers me a lot.
The Sentence:
1. She has as much experience in teaching as anyone in this school.
Question:
With use of "as much ... as", could sentence 1 above means like 2 below? In other words, the superlative degree? No.If I have $1, and I have as much money as anyone else here, we
Here is another question. It is on the comparative degree.
This one bothers me a lot.
The Sentence:
1. She has as much experience in teaching as anyone in this school.
Question:
With use of "as much ... as", could sentence 1 above means like 2 below? In other words, the superlative degree? No.If I have $1, and I have as much money as anyone else here, we
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Often, we use "as ...as" in arguments in who is better
Joe says to Tom, "I am taller than you."
Tom says, "No you aren't! Stand by me, and not on your toes. See, I am just as tall as you."
Joe says, "Well, I have more toys than you do."
Tom answers, "Wrong again! Count them. I have as many as you."
as...as means the same as, equal to, or of the same degree.
Joe says to Tom, "I am taller than you."
Tom says, "No you aren't! Stand by me, and not on your toes. See, I am just as tall as you."
Joe says, "Well, I have more toys than you do."
Tom answers, "Wrong again! Count them. I have as many as you."
as...as means the same as, equal to, or of the same degree.
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Clive, AlpheccaStars, thanks:
Clive:
You, however, got me confused on one account. You said:
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Clive:
You, however, got me confused on one account. You said:
A
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No it's not.
The comparative degree is comparison between two. We use "more than" or "adjective +er" to express comparatives. (there are a few exceptions -- good, better, best; bad, worse, worst)
She is taller than I am.
I have more money than she does; I am richer than she is.
The superlative degree is a comparison among more than two. We use "the most + adjective" or
The comparative degree is comparison between two. We use "more than" or "adjective +er" to express comparatives. (there are a few exceptions -- good, better, best; bad, worse, worst)
She is taller than I am.
I have more money than she does; I am richer than she is.
The superlative degree is a comparison among more than two. We use "the most + adjective" or
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Like alpheccastars said, "as much as" can sometimes mean there is also at least one another teacher with the same level of experience.
If you think of it in terms of mathematics, it is more obvious:
teacher > anyone else (greater than) - ...more experienced than anyone...
teacher = anyone else (greater than or equal to) - ...as much experience as anyone else (
If you think of it in terms of mathematics, it is more obvious:
teacher > anyone else (greater than) - ...more experienced than anyone...
teacher = anyone else (greater than or equal to) - ...as much experience as anyone else (
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alpheccastars
Lakshwadeep
Thanks a million.
I finally got it. You were trying to tell me that it is not the Superlative Degree in which you compose a sentence with "the most (... est) among ...".
The bottom line is the sentence 1 just could mean something similar to superlative from what the it describes.
I was merely trapped by the term the Superlative Degree and
Lakshwadeep
Thanks a million.
I finally got it. You were trying to tell me that it is not the Superlative Degree in which you compose a sentence with "the most (... est) among ...".
The bottom line is the sentence 1 just could mean something similar to superlative from what the it describes.
I was merely trapped by the term the Superlative Degree and
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"as much as" means "the same as others" in your example, and this applies to all other cases when that expression "as much as" is correctly used. The comparative degree would be "she has more experiemce than other" or she's much more experienced than others." The superlative would be" she's the most experienced teacher."
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