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Vsuresh Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

dislike/doesn't

Hi
Please help me with this.

He doesn't like going for grocery shopping as much as I do.

An exercise with this sentence says that dislikes is the appropriate word here.



Is it because of the repetition of the verb in the subordinate clause- as much as I do?
  

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He dislikes going for grocery shopping as much as I do. = We both dislike the activity. I dislike it just as much as he does.

— Ozzourti

  • He dislikes going for grocery shopping as much as I do.
  • = We both dislike the activity.
  • I dislike it just as much as he does.
  • He doesn't like going for grocery shopping as much as I do.
  • = We both like the activity, however, he doesn't like it as much as I do.
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He dislikes going for grocery shopping as much as I do. = We both dislike the activity. I dislike it just as much as he does.

He doesn't like going for grocery shopping as much as I do. = We both like the activity, however, he doesn't like it as much as I do. I enjoy it more than he does.
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Thank you, ozzourti.
ozzourtiI dislike it just as much as he does.
Isn't should be the other way- He dislikes it just as much as I do? Or is it fine as it is?
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vsureshIsn't should be the other way- He dislikes it just as much as I do? Or is it fine as it is?
If X = Y, then the converse is also true: Y = X.
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