If not harder
They work as hard, if not harder.
The above sentence seems to me that it means "They work very hard", but could you please explain the meaning of "if not harder"? I just don't get it here.
Thanks a lot.
LCChang
Top answer
The use of 'as' shows that this is a comparison, although the sentence does not tell us who the other person is. Let's call him Jim , The sentence means this They work as hard as Jim, if not harder than Jim. if not harder here means 'maybe they even work harder than Jim'.
- The use of 'as' shows that this is a comparison, although the sentence does not tell us who the other person is.
- Let's call him Jim , The sentence means this They work as hard as Jim, if not harder than Jim.
- if not harder here means 'maybe they even work harder than Jim'.
- Here's a simpler example.
- Mary is as rich as Betty, if not richer.
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The use of 'as' shows that this is a comparison, although the sentence does not tell us who the other person is. Let's call him Jim,
The sentence means this They work as hard as Jim, if not harder than Jim.
if not harder here means 'maybe they even work harder than Jim'.
Here's a simpler example.
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