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Subject: Re: Grammar: False comparsion Why?
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:40:42 +0100
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Knoppix User wrote:
> Someone told me, it is a false comparsion, unless I'm comparing her
> to a small pizza!
>
> Sentence is:
> I like small pizza better then you.
>
> I was trying to compare of what she likes and what I like.
Don't you need to add a "do" after "you" to get that meaning? As the
sentence is now, I read it as you could choose between a small pizza and
this girl, you would take the pizza. I could be wrong though.
Devast8or
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