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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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more big

0This case is no more big than that one.02br
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00Someone says the above sentence is right.02br
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00If it's right, how different is it from "This case is no bigger than that one." and "This case is the same size as that one."02br
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0That someone isn't really correct. While both sentences may mean the same thing, the first is not generally accepted as proper English. " There really is no hard and fast rule on this.

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  • 0That someone isn't really correct.
  • While both sentences may mean the same thing, the first is not generally accepted as proper English.
  • " There really is no hard and fast rule on this.
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0That someone isn't really correct. While both sentences may mean the same thing, the first is not generally accepted as proper English. Natives would always say "bigger." There really is no hard and fast rule on this. 0-
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0Come on, the hits at Google are:02br
00 2 for "no more big than that one"02br
00 17,500 for "no bigger than that one"02br
00and those 2 show up on what I think are Japanese sites:02br
0500240hrefhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22no+more+big+than+that+one%22+&btnG=Google+Search
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0Got it! Thanks, Marius. 050010id1
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0Hang on a second.02br
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00There is a structure in English02br
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00A is no more B than C. It means that neither of the Cs is at all B.02br
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00You need to look carefully at the structure. does the sentence have no or not? Does it use the comparitive or not?02br
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00A is 01u00not 02u00
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0That's fine, Nona, but would you use "more big" or "bigger?" 050010id1
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0I don't think you got my point.02br
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00When A is bigger than B, then of course 'bigger'.02br
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00When A and B are the same, and neither of them is big, then 'no more big than'.02br
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00Hard to find an example to explain really02br
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00It's often used in a disparaging way to disprove something.02br
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01cite10nona the brit12cite10A is no more B than C. It means that neither of the Cs is at all B.12blockquote
10Nona, why are you including three components when the example only had two? A is no bigger than B. It may not be the BEST way to say it in all cases, but it's not WRONG. If I were handed a project that I didn't thin
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0>01i00That women is no more an actress than I am!02i02br
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00But can you disparage a 01b00case02b00? 0-
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0Nona, why are you including three components when the example only had two? A is no bigger than B. It may not be the BEST way to say it in all cases, but it's not WRONG. If I were handed a project that I didn't think I could handle, my boss would probably say: Kristy, why are you stressing? This project is no bigger than the last one I gave you.Why is that wrong?02br
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0But can you disparage a 01b00case02b00? 02br
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00No, but you are disparaging the person who has claimed that the case is a big one.0-
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