Type of clause/usage
It makes you consider the difference between riding down that road in a car,
versus driving down that road on a bicycle.
(What do we call these type of clauses where they have a comparative meaning/contrast?
Is the comma here accurate or optional - as the whole sentence is the main clause-right. Wasn't sure you could split it.
The bigger a dream is, the harder it is to achieve.
The harder they come, the harder they fall.
The more you ignore me, the closer I get.
With these comparative clauses, should you use them in a sentence why are they not considered comma splices.
I guess you could use a semi-colon, but we see these examples used with commas.
Top answer
(What do we call these type of clauses where they have a comparative meaning/contrast? This is simply a matter of the properties of the preposition 'between'. It's always ' between one thing and another thing' (or 'between' with a plural).
- (What do we call these type of clauses where they have a comparative meaning/contrast?
- This is simply a matter of the properties of the preposition 'between'.
- It's always ' between one thing and another thing' (or 'between' with a plural).
- But in this case 'versus' substitutes for 'and'.
- So the two gerund clauses connected by 'versus' are simply a compound object of the preposition 'between'.
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