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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Comparative clause: Than...
a. The flat bottom wok is more effective in conducting heat from the stove's flat electric coils than would be the case with a round bottom.
b. The flat bottom wok is more effective in conducting heat from the stove's flat electric coils than what is the the case with a round bottom.
c. The flat bottom wok is more effective in conducting heat from the stove's flat electric coils than the round bottom wok.
d. The flat bottom wok is more effective in conducting heat from the stove's flat electric coils than what would be the case with a round bottom.
e. The flat bottom wok is more effective in conducting heat from the stove's flat electric coils than a round bottom wok is effective.
Which of these are incorrect and why?
Which is the preferred reigon?
Thank you
b. The flat bottom wok is more effective in conducting heat from the stove's flat electric coils than what is the the case with a round bottom.
c. The flat bottom wok is more effective in conducting heat from the stove's flat electric coils than the round bottom wok.
d. The flat bottom wok is more effective in conducting heat from the stove's flat electric coils than what would be the case with a round bottom.
e. The flat bottom wok is more effective in conducting heat from the stove's flat electric coils than a round bottom wok is effective.
Which of these are incorrect and why?
Which is the preferred reigon?
Thank you
Top answer
All. than would be the round bottom wok.
- All.
- than would be the round bottom wok.
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Haha, darn. All those attempts and not one is right. Failure. 
The flat bottom wok is more effective in conducting heat f
The flat bottom wok is more effective in conducting heat f
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I think your latest is fine.
I hear the implied conditional as "if you used it."
There's nothing to indicate that you've had any real life experience with either one.
The whole thing could be theoretical (or "hypothetical," if you like hypos.)
Rgdz - A.
Edit. You could use the same modal for both parts of the comparison, but the simple present in the first part sug
I hear the implied conditional as "if you used it."
There's nothing to indicate that you've had any real life experience with either one.
The whole thing could be theoretical (or "hypothetical," if you like hypos.)
Rgdz - A.
Edit. You could use the same modal for both parts of the comparison, but the simple present in the first part sug
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AvangiThere's nothing to indicate that you've had any real life experience with either one.
Indeed. I agree with the implied conditional you fashioned.
However, why then have we got 'is' being used in the first part of the sentence? Shouldn't it be two is's or two would's?
And why not 'would be the case with' (the writer's original)?
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e is not incorrect, but c is the preferred choice.
The tenses don't agree in a and d. In b, what doesn't parallel anything that went before.
The tenses don't agree in a and d. In b, what doesn't parallel anything that went before.
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