It must be pretty cool in your head! On Nov 6, 2012 8:02 PM, "Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions" < [email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Journalism degree = waste of time. > > > Saying something and meaning something different because you added or > missed a word when thinking ahead = Normal. > > Outside of that, don't be the person who nit pics spelling and punctuality > on everything. We all have our short comings and correcting people all the > time might just get you punched or shot. > > Comparing and contrasting modifying comparatives > > When we want to talk about similarities and differences we can use > adjectives in their comparative forms > > - *Max is taller than Judy.* > - *Youre more intelligent than me.* > > or we can use *(not) as* (adjective) *as* > > - *Her hair is as long as mine.* > - *This ones not as interesting as his first book.* Remember that *not > as interesting as* means *less interesting than*'. > > We can also use expressions like *different from*, *similar to* and *the > same as*. > > - *Shes very different from her sister. Theyre very different.* > - *Sri Lankan food is similar to Indian food. Theyre similar.* > - *Andrew is the same age as Lily. Their ages are the same.* We use > *same > *with nouns. > > *Modifying comparisons* > > *A big difference much, a lot, far* > > We can modify comparative adjectives to show that there is a big difference > between things. > > - *Sales in July were much higher than sales in June.* > - *Shes a lot taller than you.* > - *This ones far more expensive than the blue one.* > > We can also say that things are completely or totally different from each > other. > > - *They may be twins but theyre completely different from each other.* > > *A small difference slightly, a little, a bit, not much* > > We can show there is a small difference. > > - *Sales in August were slightly lower than sales in July.* > - *Youre a bit younger than me.* > - *These are not much more expensive than those.* > > *No difference exactly, more or less, roughly* > > We can show that there is no difference or almost no difference. > > - *Hes exactly the same age as me.* ( No difference) > - *The figures for December are more or less the same as the figures for > November.* (a > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357819 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
