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Chibi Posted 18 years ago
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I want to find a word to express the comparison of two people's competence
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00 In one thread, the poster wrote: My English is bad and his English is very good. I am not even half of him. I see this sentence wrong in terms of expression. 02 br
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00 However, I could not find any appropriate word to express her idea. I found a word: half-and-half, that means, 02 br
00 being half one thing and half another. I wonder if I can express like: My English competence is not even half-and-half his? 02 br
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00 Could you please help me? Thanks! 0-
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00 In one thread, the poster wrote: My English is bad and his English is very good. I am not even half of him. I see this sentence wrong in terms of expression. 02 br
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00 However, I could not find any appropriate word to express her idea. I found a word: half-and-half, that means, 02 br
00 being half one thing and half another. I wonder if I can express like: My English competence is not even half-and-half his? 02 br
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00 Could you please help me? Thanks! 0-
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0 "I am not even half of him" is not wrong, but it rather suggests that she is a lesser person overall -- in terms of character, general ability, general achievements etc. -- rather than just being worse at one specific thing. 02 br
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00 In this context, "I am not even half as good as him" (or "... as he is") would probably be more appropriate. 02 br
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00 In this context, "I am not even half as good as him" (or "... as he is") would probably be more appropriate. 02 br
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