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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

English Grammar Sentence improvement

the sentence is Pom is AS FAST AS or perhaps faster than tom
we have to improve this sentece, and we have to tell which option would come in place of bold letters ie(AS FAST AS).. options are..

1. equally fast
2.almost as fast
3.as fast
4. no improvement

I selected 4th option because I think the sentence is correct. but many people say that 3rd option is right.Please give me grammatical reason for this question.
Thanking you in advance.
  

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Pom is AS FAST AS or perhaps faster than Tom. Parsing: Original: Pom is (AS FAST AS) or (perhaps faster than) Tom. Pom is (AS FAST AS) Tom.

  • Pom is AS FAST AS or perhaps faster than Tom.
  • Parsing: Original: Pom is (AS FAST AS) or (perhaps faster than) Tom.
  • Pom is (AS FAST AS) Tom.
  • You cannot properly parse any of the other choices.
  • X Pom is (EQUALLY FAST) than Tom.
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Pom is AS FAST AS or perhaps faster than Tom.

Parsing: Original:
Pom is (AS FAST AS) or (perhaps faster than) Tom.
Pom is (AS FAST AS) Tom.

You cannot properly parse any of the other choices.

X Pom is (EQUALLY FAST) than Tom.

X Pom is (AS FAST) than Tom.

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