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Pructus Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The better + the better
Hello....
A. The bigger an animal is, the stronger frame it will need.
B. The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it will need.
C. The taller you are, the bigger the body you need.
D. The taller you are, the bigger body you need.
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All are correct?
A. The bigger an animal is, the stronger frame it will need.
B. The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it will need.
C. The taller you are, the bigger the body you need.
D. The taller you are, the bigger body you need.
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All are correct?
Top answer
Pay attention to parallelism in such constructs. The bigger an animal is , the stronger the frame it needs . Your second example doesn't make much sense to me!
- Pay attention to parallelism in such constructs.
- The bigger an animal is , the stronger the frame it needs .
- Your second example doesn't make much sense to me!
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Pay attention to parallelism in such constructs.
The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it needs.
Your second example doesn't make much sense to me!
The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it needs.
Your second example doesn't make much sense to me!
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Thanks a lot, teechr!!
The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it needs.
Doesn't this have to be, The bigger an animal is, the stronger frame it needs.?
Or..... Is it from this kind of logic?
The bigger an animal is, it needs the frame stronger.
? The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it needs.
The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it needs.
Doesn't this have to be, The bigger an animal is, the stronger frame it needs.?
Or..... Is it from this kind of logic?
The bigger an animal is, it needs the frame stronger.
? The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it needs.
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pructusDoesn't this have to be, The bigger an animal is, the stronger frame it needs.?No.
pructusOr..... Is it from this kind of logic?The bigger an animal is, it needs the frame stronger.? The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it needs.No.
Again, look at the parallelism.
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Oh, I am starting to see what you are saying...!!
By the way...
Maybe the last question...
How about this?
The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it needs (is/gets/becomes).
That the ( ) is omitted for the author's personal preference....
Is this logic wrong?
By the way...
Maybe the last question...
How about this?
The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it needs (is/gets/becomes).
That the ( ) is omitted for the author's personal preference....
Is this logic wrong?
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Thanks so much, teechr!!
Maybe I've found out what your explanations were referring to.
The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it needs.
Here, the stronger is used adverbially not adjectively?
And that's why the sentence itself is grammatically correct?
So, the stronger the frame it needs is used in the sense of it needs the
Maybe I've found out what your explanations were referring to.
The bigger an animal is, the stronger the frame it needs.
Here, the stronger is used adverbially not adjectively?
And that's why the sentence itself is grammatically correct?
So, the stronger the frame it needs is used in the sense of it needs the
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