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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The older you are, the smarter you can be.
The older you are, the smarter you can be.
1. If you are older, you can be smarter.
2. As you are older, you can be smarter.
The more food you eat, the fatter you will be.
1. If you eat more food, you will be fatter.
2. As you eat more food, you will be fatter.
When I rewrite the comparative, the comparative structures, which conjunction is correct, as or if?
I feel like in the first, as is natural and in the second, if is natural or both are natural, depending on context?
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
1. If you are older, you can be smarter.
2. As you are older, you can be smarter.
The more food you eat, the fatter you will be.
1. If you eat more food, you will be fatter.
2. As you eat more food, you will be fatter.
When I rewrite the comparative, the comparative structures, which conjunction is correct, as or if?
I feel like in the first, as is natural and in the second, if is natural or both are natural, depending on context?
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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In the sentences with "as", I read "as" as meaning "because". However, it seems that you don't intend that. In the first case, you can express the right kind of meaning with "As you get older, you can be smarter".
- In the sentences with "as", I read "as" as meaning "because".
- However, it seems that you don't intend that.
- In the first case, you can express the right kind of meaning with "As you get older, you can be smarter".
- In the second case, I don't right now see a way to use "as" to create a sentence with unambiguously the right kind of meaning.
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In the sentences with "as", I read "as" as meaning "because". However, it seems that you don't intend that.
In the first case, you can express the right kind of meaning with "As you get older, you can be smarter". In the second case, I don't right now see a way to use "as" to create a sentence with unambiguously the right kind of meaning.
In the first case, you can express the right kind of meaning with "As you get older, you can be smarter". In the second case, I don't right now see a way to use "as" to create a sentence with unambiguously the right kind of meaning.
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When we rewrite the comparative, the comparative, should we always use 'as'? I feel like there is a sentence written with 'if' like If you eat more food, you will be fatter. .
What do you think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
What do you think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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Hans51When we rewrite the comparative, the comparative, should we always use 'as'?No, we normally simply write, for example, "The older you are, the smarter you can be" or "The more food you eat, the fatter you will be", just as you did. Sentences with "as" may be possible along the lines of the ones you wrote, but the first part should describe a process of
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