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Marc93 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
sentence improvement
He is 2 year older than his brother.
Why do we use than in such case
Though when we speak 'He is junior to me', we use to not than? Why ?
Why do we use than in such case
Though when we speak 'He is junior to me', we use to not than? Why ?
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marc93 we use to not than? Why ? Because "old" describes a measurable quantity that you can put on a sliding scale.
- marc93 we use to not than?
- Why ?
- Because "old" describes a measurable quantity that you can put on a sliding scale.
- " He is older than me.
- My grandfather is much older than me.
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marc93 we use to not than? Why ?Because "old" describes a measurable quantity that you can put on a sliding scale.
So are adjectives like "tall" and "near" and "dark."
He is older than me.
My grandfather is much older than me.
That color is darker than this one.
"Junior" describes a direction only (less than, inferior to, younger
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