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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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1i00Italy has as 01b00many 02b00natural resources as Japan does.02i02br
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00Let's say Italy and Japan are 01u00poor02u00 in natural resources.02br
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00Can I use 01i01b00many02b02i00 in this case? 02br
00What I want to say here is both have about the same small amount of natural resources.02br
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02i 02br 00Also, BTW: 02br 02br 01i 00Italy 01b 00has02b 00 as 01b 00many 02b 00natural resources as Japan 01b 00[has]. 02b 02br 02i 040pid72412

— Marius Hancu

  • 02i 02br 00Also, BTW: 02br 02br 01i 00Italy 01b 00has02b 00 as 01b 00many 02b 00natural resources as Japan 01b 00[has].
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0No, use:02br
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01i00Italy01b00 is 02b00as01b00 meager in 02b00natural resources01b00 as02b00 Japan.02i02br
00Also, BTW: 02br
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01i00Italy 01b00has02b00 as 01b00many 02b00nat
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0Thanks, Marius.02br
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00Italy has as few natural resources as Japan [has]. OK02br
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00Italy has as a few natural resources as Japan [has]. Not okay02br
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00Italy outputs as few natural resources as Japan [does]. OK02br
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00Right?0-
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0 Yes, but:02br
00 Italy has01b00 a few02b00 [meaning several, some] natural resources, just 01b00as02b00 Japan. 0-
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00Italy and Japan are equally poor in natural resources.02br
00Italy is poor in natural resources as is Japan. 0-
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0I don't agree. I think "as many as" is used for neutral comparisons, even if there are "few" things. More or less like when you ask "How many...?". If you already know that there are "few" things, do you ask "How few...?" instead? I don't think so. Just my opinion, anyway. 050010id1
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10I don't agree. I think "as many as" is used for neutral comparisons, even if there are "few" things. More or less like when you ask "How many...?". If you already know that there are "few" things, do you ask "How few...?" instead? I don't think so. Just my opinion, anyway. 15012blockquote
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0Thanks for the lines, Ray.0-
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10 If you already know that there are "few" things12blockquote
10I know what you mean, Kooyeen.0-
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite11i10Italy has as 11b10many 12b10natural resources as Japan does.12i12br
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10Let's say Italy and Japan are 11u10poor12u10 in natural resources.12br
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10Can I use 11i11b10many12b12
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