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And by the way, what's the relationship between love and dancing with mice?
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I welcome all corrections to my English. Salu2 desde Madrid, Alfonso |
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Just a nuance
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- I like singing and dancing. - I like singing as much as dancing Come to think of it, you'd never hear anyone use the infinitive in an "as much as" statement. Hence, this would sound stilted: - I like to sing as much as to dance. If using the infinitive with "and," the second "to" would definitely be dropped, so an option would be: - I like to sing and dance. In writing, the statement would most likely go something like: - I like singing as much as I do dancing. One more note: in British English, I've heard the first "as" replaced with "so" in negative versions of the sentence. So you'd have: - I don't like singing so much as dancing. To round it out, let me give you the way an American speaker would most likely say or write the negative: - I don't like singing as much as dancing. Hope that helps. Last edited by gatitoverde; May 09, 2008 at 02:56 PM. |
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To continue
Now that I've thought about the wolves and mice, I have to say that the following simple statements seem a little unnatural to me:
- You can see as many wolves as mice. - You see as many wolves as mice. Not to say that I haven't said things in that manner, but I was being poetic, or fancy, or something other than natural. I think it would be more natural to repeat the initial verb in the second half of the sentence. I think you would say: - You can see as many wolves as you can mice I'm reminded of the need in Spanish to sometimes repeat "de" before subsequent nouns. Were the verb "to be able" (can) not used, one would fall back on "to do": - You see as many wolves as you do mice. Strangely, repeating a form of the verb "to see" would not work as well as "to do." And after writing all this, I'm reminded of just how complicated languages really are. Good luck. |
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After further thought
The wolves and mice brought me back around to singing and dancing. I think the only way to get away with using the infinitive in an "as much as" statement is to repeat the initial verb, as with the wolves and mice:
- I like to sing as much as I like to dance. versus - I like to sing as much as dance which sounds a little off. |
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It's as clear as water. Thank you very much, Gatito!
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LOL.
The question then should be `Who is the unlucky lady?´
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It was me the only unlucky one. But this was at least a week ago. Now I've already gotten over it. Life's beautiful!
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I welcome all corrections to my English. Salu2 desde Madrid, Alfonso Last edited by Alfonso; May 09, 2008 at 08:08 AM. Reason: Corrections thanks to Jane, Iris and Gatitoverde |
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That´s rather fast.
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