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Aung Thu Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Parallelism

>The higher the sun gets, the hotter the day gets.
>The higher the sun, the hotter the day.
Which sentence is more natural?
Should I need to omit "get" in this sentence?
  

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Aung Thu The higher the sun, the hotter the day. It's not a sentence, but comparatives like this are very common.

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  • Aung Thu The higher the sun, the hotter the day.
  • It's not a sentence, but comparatives like this are very common.
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Aung ThuThe higher the sun, the hotter the day.

It's not a sentence, but comparatives like this are very common.

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Aung Thu>The higher the sun gets, the hotter the day gets.
>The higher the sun, the hotter the day.
Which sentence is more natural?
Should I need to omit "get" in this sentence?

I find both natural. Omitting 'get' makes the thought more succinct.

CJ

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