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Forfarfly Posted 20 years ago
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compared with

Is there any grammatical mistake in "Compared with India,the situation is different in China "?

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Hi, Is there any grammatical mistake in "Compared with India,the situation is different in China "? I wouldn't say the grammar is wrong. However, the sentence sound odd.

— Clive

  • Hi, Is there any grammatical mistake in "Compared with India,the situation is different in China "?
  • I wouldn't say the grammar is wrong.
  • However, the sentence sound odd.
  • It's probably because of the use of 'compared' and 'different' in the same sentence.
  • Another problem is that, in your original sentence, you seem to be comparing 'India' to 'the situation in China', and these are not two comparable things.
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Hi,

Is there any grammatical mistake in "Compared with India,the situation is different in China "?
I wouldn't say the grammar is wrong. However, the sentence sound odd. It's probably because of the use of 'compared' and 'different' in the same sentence.

Another problem is that, in your original sentence, you seem to be comparing 'India' to 'the
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got it! thanks. but "different than" is considered wrong sometimes, is it true?
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Forfarflygot it! thanks. but "different than" is considered wrong sometimes, is it true?
different than is AmE and different from is BrE.
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