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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Demostrative Pronoun
Is this grammatically wrong?
Ex)I like the shape of the Samsung phone more than this of iPhone.
For what reasons shoud 'that' be used instead of that?
Also, I have difficulty understanding the sentence below, not the meaning, but the exact usage of this and that to to avoid some kind of redundancy.
There is an apple. This is red.
In this case, does 'this' indicate apple?
THANK YOU~~~
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Ex)I like the shape of the Samsung phone more than this of iPhone.
For what reasons shoud 'that' be used instead of that?
Also, I have difficulty understanding the sentence below, not the meaning, but the exact usage of this and that to to avoid some kind of redundancy.
There is an apple. This is red.
In this case, does 'this' indicate apple?
THANK YOU~~~
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Anonymous Is this grammatically wrong? Ex)I like the shape of the Samsung phone more than this of iPhone. Yes, it's wrong.
- Anonymous Is this grammatically wrong?
- Ex)I like the shape of the Samsung phone more than this of iPhone.
- Yes, it's wrong.
- In this kind of pattern you always use "that" (note also it should also be " the iPhone).
- " Anonymous There is an apple.
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AnonymousIs this grammatically wrong?Yes, it's wrong. In this kind of pattern you always use "that" (note also it should also be "the iPhone). Similar examples:
Ex)I like the shape of the Samsung phone more than this of iPhone.
"Its shape is smoother than that of the iPhone."
"Its price is similar to that of the iPh
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