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2015-12-07 Grammar: comparisons of similarity

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  1. Greg Malivuk
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  5. Homework: p. 174 exercise 7 - write sentences comparing the countries (especially noun comparisons)
  6. Libya’s GDP is somewhat larger than Luxembourg’s.
  7. Libya (as a whole country) makes somewhat more money than Luxembourg.
  8. Switzerland has slightly more official languages than Swaziland.
  9. (Switzerland has one more official language than Swaziland.)
  10. (Swaziland has one fewer official language than Switzerland.)
  11. Swaziland has/makes/earns much less money than Switzerland.
  12. Swaziland has much more poverty than Switzerland.
  13. Swaziland has far more people living in poverty than Switzerland.
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  15. I spend more money than you. (I spend $100 per week and you spend $70 per week.)
  16. I spend money more than you. (This probably means I spend money more often.)
  17.  
  18. I drive more cars than you. (I drive 6 cars and you have 4.)
  19. (“more” modifies “cars”)
  20.  
  21. I drive cars more than you. (I drive 7 days a week and you drive only 3 days a week.)
  22. (“more” modifies “drive”)
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  24. I enjoy more movies than you. (The number of movies I enjoy is greater.)
  25. I enjoy movies more than you. (The amount of enjoyment I get from movies is greater.)
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  27. I have almost as much money as you. = I have nearly as much money as you.
  28. = I don’t have quite as much money as you.
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  30. I don’t have nearly as much money as you. (= it’s a big difference)
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  32. Comparisons of similarity and difference. (p. 176)
  33. You have exactly the same bag as I do.
  34. You bought exactly the same bag as I did.
  35. You’ve seen exactly the same movies as I have.
  36. You can speak exactly the same languages as I can.
  37. (It’s more common to use the object pronoun “me”, “You have the same bag as me”, but it is considered informal or sometimes even incorrect.)
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  39. My bag is heavier than yours.
  40. My bag is as heavy as yours.
  41. (My bag is heavier than you. = You weigh 70kg, and my bag weighs more than 70kg.)
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  43. Their interests are much the same. (They’re pretty close, but not exactly the same.)
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  45. Their interests are not quite the same. (They’re pretty close, but not exactly the same.)
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