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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Term for a comparison

If I compare a submarine to a shark, what is the correct English grammar term for that comparison?
  

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I don't understand what you want to compare. What is it that you want to say?

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  • I don't understand what you want to compare.
  • What is it that you want to say?
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I don't understand what you want to compare. What is it that you want to say?
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Since you're comparing two things, you would use the comparative form of the adjective. For example: The submarine is larger in size than the shark. If you are not comparing them on a basis of degree then you just have to say it: The shark is a biological creature while the submarine is a mechanical...
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Completing the sentences would be a great game. We can trying to obscure each other's sentences.
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