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Hans51 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Three sentences that bother me.

1) I saw a girl who was wearing stockings.

2) Bill's house seemed like a palace, compared to our small flat,

3) The Ohio branch produced 2000 units per month, compared to a national average of 2400 units per month.


I was wondering if the structures of the sentences are okay to you, and in #2, the subject, Bill's house is compared to our small flat, but in #3, a national average is compared to the objective, 2000 units.

So either way is possible with the phrase, compared to?

Thank you so much as usual.Emotion: angel

P.S Please do not forget about #1.
  

Top answer

Yes, the structures of all 3 sentences are fine. In #3, 2000 is being compared to 2400. 'A national average' modifies 2400 semantically.

— Mister Micawber

  • Yes, the structures of all 3 sentences are fine.
  • In #3, 2000 is being compared to 2400.
  • 'A national average' modifies 2400 semantically.
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Yes, the structures of all 3 sentences are fine.
In #3, 2000 is being compared to 2400. 'A national average' modifies 2400 semantically.
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Thank you as usual and then if some one says, "I saw a girl wearing stockings", we should consider context first and the sentence has two possible meanings?
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No, the sentence has only one possible reasonable meaning. Don't start looking for ridiculous alternative meanings to language: they abound, and they are ignored.
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