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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
PROPORTIONALLY / RELATIVELY
Could you tell me how to say these 2 sentences please?
1 This dog is proportionally/relatively thin in relation to your dog even though it's heavier.
2 This dog is proportially/relatively thinner than your dog even though it's heavier because of it's bigger build.
Thank you
1 This dog is proportionally/relatively thin in relation to your dog even though it's heavier.
2 This dog is proportially/relatively thinner than your dog even though it's heavier because of it's bigger build.
Thank you
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My take:
1. This dog is rather thin compared with yours even though it's heavier.
The second sentence defies the laws of physics and I prefer to leave it alone. A dog can't be both thinner andhave a bigger build than another dog.
1. This dog is rather thin compared with yours even though it's heavier.
The second sentence defies the laws of physics and I prefer to leave it alone. A dog can't be both thinner andhave a bigger build than another dog.
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Thank you
What about:
1 Your dog is proportionally/relatively thinner than my dog even though is heavier.
meaning (your dog is big but compared to its size it's small but my dog is small but fat compared to its size, yet your dog is heavier because yours is a big dog.
Could you use PROPORTIONALLY or RELATIVELY in this sentence?
Thank you
What about:
1 Your dog is proportionally/relatively thinner than my dog even though is heavier.
meaning (your dog is big but compared to its size it's small but my dog is small but fat compared to its size, yet your dog is heavier because yours is a big dog.
Could you use PROPORTIONALLY or RELATIVELY in this sentence?
Thank you
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alc24your dog is big but compared to its size it's smallI would recommend taking a course in logic to anyone whose brain is capable of producing sentences like this.
CB
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Having read it, it makes no sense, sorry
what I was trying to say, let me try again:
My neighbours dog is of bigger build than ours but proportionally is thinner than ours. (in relation to it's size the dog of bigger build is thinner than our little dog who for its size is fatter.)
Does that make sense? and can you use PROPOTIONALLY?
Thank you
what I was trying to say, let me try again:
My neighbours dog is of bigger build than ours but proportionally is thinner than ours. (in relation to it's size the dog of bigger build is thinner than our little dog who for its size is fatter.)
Does that make sense? and can you use PROPOTIONALLY?
Thank you
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Hi,
The questions that You have posted certainly are unusual. May I suggest?
If I were you, I would focus on correcting the punctuations and capitalization mistakes, and most importantly improving the sentence structures. From reading your questions, it appeared that you are trying to mimic a certain usage of the words, which you have picked up along the way but not sure of, rahter
The questions that You have posted certainly are unusual. May I suggest?
If I were you, I would focus on correcting the punctuations and capitalization mistakes, and most importantly improving the sentence structures. From reading your questions, it appeared that you are trying to mimic a certain usage of the words, which you have picked up along the way but not sure of, rahter
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