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2012年9月7日 · Comparing it with classical physics, we see that modern physics can be referred to . . . 'We' are the ones comparing (the subordinate clause gets its subject from the main clause), and we're …
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2011年8月5日 · The following is from an English exercise given by my son's teacher. 40% of lizard species worldwide could be extinct by 2080. Barry Sinerro reached the conclusion by taking current …
indicate the cohort against which you are assessing the applicant
2019年11月25日 · If you say on the form "I think Fred is a very good candidate", you are inevitably comparing Fred to somebody else or some other people, and you are probably not comparing him to …
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2022年10月16日 · 1.When comparing iPhone and Android smartphone hardware, it's actually easier to point out what the two phones lack compared to the other. 2.When comparing...
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2018年3月30日 · The meaning of comperison in Longman dictionary The process of compairing two or more people or things. EX: 1) Comparison with his previous movies shows how Lee has developed as …
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2023年9月1日 · Sorry for my vague expression. "compare A [with B]" in my post means "compare s ome th ing together with s ome b ody ". <Edited by moderator (Florentia52) to remove unwarranted …
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2012年12月19日 · When we use unlike in the beginning of a sentence, Is it only applicable for comparing the subject of the a sentence, but not the object? For example, is it weird to say: "Unlike computers or …
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2023年12月9日 · According to the Cambridge Dictionary, comparable means similar in size, amount, or quality to something else, so it seems that I can use comparable and similar interchangeably when …
More likely / The more likely / Most likely /The most likely
2014年10月30日 · Conventionally, though, we use "more" (and not "most") when comparing two things, We use "most" when there are three or more things. Also, if you're referring to the one party that is the …
FR: I ate, was eating - comparing past tenses - WordReference Forums
2008年12月7日 · The first can mean "I have eaten/ I ate / I did eat the apple". It does not have to do with how long ago it was eaten. The second is fine: "I had eaten the apple." which logically is an action that …