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Loviii Posted 4 years ago
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He is taller than his friend is tall.

Greetings.

(1) He is taller than his friend. — correct
(2) He is taller than his friend is. — correct
(3) He is taller than his friend is tall. — correct

I know (1), (2) & (3) are all correct, although (1) is much more common than (2) & (3).

When "tall" is added to the end of the sentence, as in (3), the translation of "than his friend is tall" into my native language immediately loses any sense. So I'm very curious about it and would like to do some research on whether "than his friend is tall" depends on other words around. For this reason, I tried modifying (3) several ways:
(3a) He is no taller than his friend is tall. — is it correct?
(3b) He is not taller than his friend is tall. — is it correct?
(3c) He is almost taller than his friend is tall. — is it correct?

That is, do (3a), (3b) & (3c) also remain correct after adding such words as "no", "not", "almost", etc.?

Thanks.

  

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To me, only (1) is correct and natural. (2) may be correct but is unnatural. All the others should end after 'friend' to be both correct and natural.

— Rover_KE

  • To me, only (1) is correct and natural.
  • (2) may be correct but is unnatural.
  • All the others should end after 'friend' to be both correct and natural.
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To me, only (1) is correct and natural.

(2) may be correct but is unnatural.

All the others should end after 'friend' to be both correct and natural.

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loviii

Greetings.
(1) He is taller than his friend. — correct
(2) He is taller than his friend is. — correct
(3) He is taller than his friend is tall. — correct

I know (1), (2) & (3) are all correct, although (1) is much more common than (2) & (3).
When "tall" is added to

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