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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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english grammar

he was more rapacious than a griffin. (make it negative without changing the meaning)
  

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than" phrasing while preserving the meaning is to reverse the sentence order. A griffin is less rapacious than he is. A griffin is not as rapacious as he is.

  • than" phrasing while preserving the meaning is to reverse the sentence order.
  • A griffin is less rapacious than he is.
  • A griffin is not as rapacious as he is.
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It depends on what they mean by "make it negative." The simplest way to undo the "more...than" phrasing while preserving the meaning is to reverse the sentence order.

A griffin is less rapacious than he is.
A griffin is not as rapacious as he is.

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