Several diopters worse than shortsighted
"Like so many things in Trumpworld, this line of questioning is several diopters worse than shortsighted.
(The Guardian.)
Is "several diopters worse" a noun or adjective phrase in the comparative phrase (a clause, an ellipted one?) "several diopters worse than shortsighted"?
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I read "several diopters worse than shortsighted" as a comparative clause [it is]several diopters worse than [it is] shortsighted.
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This is the way I read it: "Like so many things in Trumpworld, this line of questioning is several diopters worse than one that is shortsighted.
- This is the way I read it: "Like so many things in Trumpworld, this line of questioning is several diopters worse than one that is shortsighted.
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This is the way I read it:
"Like so many things in Trumpworld, this line of questioning is several diopters worse than one that is shortsighted.
0"several diopters worse", meaning "worse by an amount of several diopters" is a comparative adjective phrase. It is analogous to, say, "a mile further" or "two minutes longer".
tkacka15I read "several diopters worse than shortsighted" as a comparative clause [it is]several diopters worse than [it is] shortsighted.
No, this is not right.
0tkacka15I read "several diopters worse than shortsighted" as a comparative clause [it is]several diopters worse than [it is] shortsighted.
I think you've got the point, but the word order is the reverse. It's several diopters worse than shortsighted [is].
If you think that being shortsighted requires 2 diopters of correction to your eye
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