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Qingqing Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

The same...

This computer is the same ___ we saw in the other shop.
A. like B. as C. that D. as that
key: D Is it right? What about B?
  

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This computer is the same ___ we saw in the other shop. A. like B.

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  • This computer is the same ___ we saw in the other shop.
  • A.
  • like B.
  • as C.
  • that D.
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This computer is the same ___ we saw in the other shop.

A. like B. as C. that D. as that

key: D Is it right? What about B?

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Nope, B doesn't work but then I don't feel D does either, Qingqing. Try,

E. as that one

OR

F. as the one
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This computer is the same ___ we saw in the other shop.

A. like B. as C. that D. as that

key: D Is it right?

<<<<<<<<<<<<<

For D to work, Qingqing, we'd need to add a .

This computer is the same as that which we saw in the other shop.

But this is very formal and nowhere near as natural as the other two alternatives I provided
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A. *This computer is the same like we saw in the other shop.
B. This computer is the same as we saw in the other shop.
C. *This computer is the same that we saw in the other shop.
D. *This computer is the same as that we saw in the other shop.

Only B. works in my dialect (North American). It's colloquial, and it's short for,

Thi
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My guess, Casi, though I may be wrong, is that this is a 'test' made up by non-native speakers. Colloquial and elliptical phrases are not things that normally get big exposure on tests.

I agree with you that #2 could certainly be used in speech.
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JTT:

My guess, Casi, though I may be wrong, is that this is a 'test' made up by non-native speakers.


It's a good "guess", and one I took into consideration as well, JT, but given we don't know for sure where the exercise was taken from, it's best to provide an answer based on what we do know.
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I would be interested in hearing if D. works in other dialects or idiolects, and why.

I can hear D as correct, meaning either:

a) This computer is the same as that (one that) we saw in the other shop.
b) This computer is the same as that (which) we saw in the other shop.

But B would seem more natural.

MrP

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Thanks, MrP. Your b) rings true to form now:

b) This computer is the same as that (which) we saw in the other shop.
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My idiotlect uses none of the above, but usually says 'this computer is the same one (that) we saw in the other shop'. I realize that this is choice E, but now seems a good time to throw it into the ring: the cabernet sauvignon is running low.
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Okay, guys. This is from a textbook I'm using in Korea:

They used to live on the same block as us.

Where I'm from, people say "...the same block as we (did)."

Thoughts?
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CasiA. *This computer is the same like we saw in the other shop.
B. This computer is the same as we saw in the other shop.
C. *This computer is the same that we saw in the other shop.
D. *This computer is the same as that we saw in the other shop.

Only B. works in my dialect (North American). It's
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