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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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[grammar]The same as
1)Tony has the same book as I do (He now has my very book)
2)Tony has the same book as mine(His book is a copy of my book,it has the same title,written by the same writer)
3)Tony's car is the same as mine(Our car are siilar,they have a similar model,they are both Fiat 500,for example )
4)Tony drives the same car as me (he is now driving my own car and not a different one)
I'd like to focuse your attention on the pattern "same as",we all know that it could mean 1)similar to or 2)identical.My question was how can I understand whether it means "similar" or "identical"?
My hypothesis is:
-if the "as" was followed by a object pronoun it meant "identical,exactly the thing mentioned and not another one".
-if as was followed by a possessive pronoun (mine ,yours,theirs...) it meant "of the same type,similar".
2)Tony has the same book as mine(His book is a copy of my book,it has the same title,written by the same writer)
3)Tony's car is the same as mine(Our car are siilar,they have a similar model,they are both Fiat 500,for example )
4)Tony drives the same car as me (he is now driving my own car and not a different one)
I'd like to focuse your attention on the pattern "same as",we all know that it could mean 1)similar to or 2)identical.My question was how can I understand whether it means "similar" or "identical"?
My hypothesis is:
-if the "as" was followed by a object pronoun it meant "identical,exactly the thing mentioned and not another one".
-if as was followed by a possessive pronoun (mine ,yours,theirs...) it meant "of the same type,similar".
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) Anonymous 2)Tony has the same book as mine(His book is a copy of my book,it has the same title,written by the same writer) Yes. Anonymous 3)Tony's car is the same as mine(Our car are siilar,they have a similar model,they are both Fiat 500,for example ) Yes. ) it meant "of the same type,similar".
- ) Anonymous 2)Tony has the same book as mine(His book is a copy of my book,it has the same title,written by the same writer) Yes.
- Anonymous 3)Tony's car is the same as mine(Our car are siilar,they have a similar model,they are both Fiat 500,for example ) Yes.
- ) it meant "of the same type,similar".
- No necessarily true, as you can see from my comments above.
- Anonymous how can I understand whether it means "similar" or "identical"?
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Anonymous1)Tony has the same book as I do (He now has my very book)(Or a copy of the same title.)
Anonymous2)Tony has the same book as mine(His book is a copy of my book,it has the same title,written by the same writer)Yes.
Anonymous3)Tony's car is the same as mine(Our car are siilar,they have a sim
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