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Komountain Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
comparative or positive with "as compared to"
Hi.
Which sounds better, long or longer and difficult or more difficult?
1. [Many people believe that cicadas live for a short period of time, but they actually live a long/longer life as compared to other insects.]
2. [This question is difficult/more difficult as compared to the previous one.]
With #2, I'd definitely go for 'more difficult' but with #1 'long' would not be a bad idea, would it? I'd like someone to confirm this.
Thanks.
Which sounds better, long or longer and difficult or more difficult?
1. [Many people believe that cicadas live for a short period of time, but they actually live a long/longer life as compared to other insects.]
2. [This question is difficult/more difficult as compared to the previous one.]
With #2, I'd definitely go for 'more difficult' but with #1 'long' would not be a bad idea, would it? I'd like someone to confirm this.
Thanks.
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1. longer 2. more difficult
- 1.
- longer 2.
- more difficult
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I'd say :
1. Many people believe that cicadas live for a short period of time, but they actually live a long life compared with other insects.
2. This question is difficult compared with the previous one.
Let me take the 2nd as the example. "This question is difficult" is a complete sentence in itself and "(as)(it is) compared with/to" is nothing but a sentential adverbial ph
1. Many people believe that cicadas live for a short period of time, but they actually live a long life compared with other insects.
2. This question is difficult compared with the previous one.
Let me take the 2nd as the example. "This question is difficult" is a complete sentence in itself and "(as)(it is) compared with/to" is nothing but a sentential adverbial ph
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1. long
2. difficult
Without "than" to introduce the comparison group there is no reason to use "longer" or "more difficult". Comparison in itself does not automatically require a comparative form in the adjective or adverb.
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2. difficult
Without "than" to introduce the comparison group there is no reason to use "longer" or "more difficult". Comparison in itself does not automatically require a comparative form in the adjective or adverb.
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0 I notice that you remove "as" from the original post. Both original sentences use "as compared to". I copy them here: 02 br
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00 1. [Many people believe that cicadas live for a short period of time, but they actually live a 01 b 00 long/longer 02 b 00 life as compared to other insects.] 02 br
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00 1. [Many people believe that cicadas live for a short period of time, but they actually live a 01 b 00 long/longer 02 b 00 life as compared to other insects.] 02 br
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00 2. [This question is 01 b 00 dif
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00 There's no grammatical reason, no. You can add "as" or not. Personally, I leave it out. 02 br
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00 There's no grammatical reason, no. You can add "as" or not. Personally, I leave it out. 02 br
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Both of the above exampes are flawed. The simplest way to express these comparisons with "more than" or "...er than."
"... they actually live longer than other insects"
"... they actually longer lives than other insects"
This question is more difficult than the previous one
"... they actually live longer than other insects"
"... they actually longer lives than other insects"
This question is more difficult than the previous one
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"... they actually live longer than other insects"
I am not the anon who posted the last thread. But I am puzzled by this sentence"... they actually longer lives than other insects". This construction is odd to me.
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Yet another anonymous reader passing by. (ps: from NL, so I could be wrong, even more than others :-)
I guess that was a mistake and should have been :
I guess that was a mistake and should have been :
... they actually have longer lives than other insect.
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