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0By the way, is it OK to say "my shoulders are not as01i00 tall02i00 as his?"0-

0 No!0-

0Let's say two people are trying to balance a pot of water on a plank on their shoulders and one person is taller than the other. Can the short guy say, "My shoulders are not as tall as yours. I don't think it will work"? If not, what would you say?0-

0Anyone?[:^)]0-

0 Is there a reason to think that the person who is 1.5 meters tall will not be able to carry the water as well as the person who is 2 meters tall?02br
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00Taller refers to HEIGHT.02br
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00Not as broad, not as wide. But NOT not as tall. 0-

0Some guy in a show said that and I wanted to make sure. 02br
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00Sorry for the misunderstanding. The two people are trying to balance a pot of water on a plank with each person on one end of the plank. If one person is much taller than the other, the pot will slide and fall off. I hope it's clearer now.0-

0In that 01b00specific02b00 context it will work. Better would be "my shoulders are not as high as yours" or "I am not as tall as you."02br
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00You seem to frequently give us the context in tiny bits, and I don't think it's very effective. It would be MUCH MORE HELPFUL and waste less of our time if you would get into the habit of giving us the full c

0I'll try to give as much context as possible in the future. Sometimes, I deliberately hold back the context as I want to see how understandable an expression is in general. I guess I can do that by mentioning in my first post what native speakers think of it with partial context vs full context. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks GG.0-