Performance of car..

rambharoseyThe performance of this car is better than your car.

No. You can't do that. (Nice try, though!)

rambharoseyaccording to the teacher, the original sentence is wrong, since it is comparing "performance" with a "car".

True.
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Here's what writers often do when they don't want to re

Thanks CB. Must admit I am preplexed. What is the point of ellipsis then? Can't understand why the setnence can not be interpreted this way:

The performance of this car is better than [the performance of] your car.

Is that not the whole point of ellipsis?

Maybe this will help you

The performance of this car is as good as that of your car (...as the performance of your car).

I'm sure that you would never say

The performance of this car is as good as your car.



Ellipsis is fine as long as you're comparing cars with cars and perfomance with performance.

Hi guys,

The performance of this car is better than your car.

Where I live, I hear (yes, and say ) this k

I am sorry to belabor this, but I am not getting clarity on this.

I am told that the following is correct:

The rate of increase of the urban population in the United States in the 1970's was nearly twice the 1930's.

As per our discussion so far, the above sentence illogically compares rate of increase.. with a decade (1930's). However, apparently,

My answer is still the same. You need to insert "that in" after twice to make that sentence grammatically correct. I'm sure, as Clive pointed out, that sentences like that are sometimes (or even often) said and heard but that doesn't automatically make them correct.

rambharoseyI am told that the following is correct:

The rate of increase of the urban population in the United States in the 1970's was nearly twice the 1930's.

As per our discussion so far, the above sentence illogically compares rate of increase.. with a decade (1930's).

It doesn't look correct to me. I agree with you that there is