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PASTEL Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
ten times that of Earth
Saturn is second largest planet after Jupiter, with a diameter nearly ten times that of Earth.
Is there any word that is missing there? Ten times as that of the Earth?
Is there any word that is missing there? Ten times as that of the Earth?
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Hello PASTEL Again me! :) First of all, please remember we can say "twenty-four is four times six". Likewise we can say "The length of AB is three times that of CD".
- Hello PASTEL Again me!
- :) First of all, please remember we can say "twenty-four is four times six".
- Likewise we can say "The length of AB is three times that of CD".
- Now I'll parse your original sentence as: "Saturn is the second largest planet after Jupiter, with a diameter (which/that is) nearly ten times that of Earth".
- Here "which/that is" can be dropped by a whiz-deletion.
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Hello PASTEL
Again me! :)
First of all, please remember we can say "twenty-four is four times six". Likewise we can say "The length of AB is three times that of CD".
Now I'll parse your original sentence as: "Saturn is the second largest planet after Jupiter, with a diameter (which/that is) nearly ten times that of Earth". Here "which/that
Again me! :)
First of all, please remember we can say "twenty-four is four times six". Likewise we can say "The length of AB is three times that of CD".
Now I'll parse your original sentence as: "Saturn is the second largest planet after Jupiter, with a diameter (which/that is) nearly ten times that of Earth". Here "which/that
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