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Subject: Re: Grammar: False comparsion Why?
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 18:32:33 +0200
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Devast8or wrote:
> 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
>
>
Personally I don't like the "better". I also agree about "you do".
So what about
"I like small pizza more than you do."
Your version of the sentence implies that you are "better" at "liking"
than she is. As in:
"I can dance better than you can."
hm?
Niko
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