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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Comparatively synonym?
Hi! everyone. Could you tell me whether comparatively and relatively are synonymous to each other?
I mean in these sentences -My room is relatively big than Johns.
-He is comparatively wise. (Where is the other thing to which we are comparing ) Please help me understand this.
And tell me the sentence in which one can't be replaced by the other.
Thanks!
I mean in these sentences -My room is relatively big than Johns.
-He is comparatively wise. (Where is the other thing to which we are comparing ) Please help me understand this.
And tell me the sentence in which one can't be replaced by the other.
Thanks!
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- Sometimes. -- The problem here is that 'bigger' makes both adverbs redundant. -He is comparatively/relatively wise.
- - Sometimes.
- -- The problem here is that 'bigger' makes both adverbs redundant.
- -He is comparatively/relatively wise.
- (Where is the other thing to which we are comparing-- It is assumed or in the greater context: 'wiser than the most of the other students / than most of the other people mentioned / than most of the rest of humanity.
- - - None springs to mind.
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Could you tell me whether comparatively and relatively are synonymous to each other?- Sometimes.
My room isrelatively/comparatively bigger than John's.-- The problem here is that 'bigger' makes both adverbs redundant.
-He is comparatively/relatively wise. (Where is the other thing to which we are comparing-- It is assumed or in the greater context
My room is
-He is comparatively/relatively wise. (Where is the other thing to which we are comparing-- It is assumed or in the greater context
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