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gloomybison
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Hi dear folks
I have a question regarding the comparisons. First of all, English is not my native language so ı do struggle to understand some sentence structures. I can have some real trouble comprehending comparisons extensively, ı mean understanding what is exactly compared to what. So ı have a few example below that ı want to clarify;
-Six times more illegal food has been seized in 2021 than in 2020, so in this very sentence we are comparing the years, ı assume, by saying that the amount seized in 2021 was greater than 2020.
So my question is can we rephrase the sentence as, if no would you please explain why?
-Six times more illegal food has been seized in 2021 than it was (seized?) in 2020
-Guns are even easier to procure today than it was two decades ago, so here again we are trying to compare easiness of procuring guns between different time frames, again can we rephrase it as the following?
-Guns are even easier to procure today than two decades ago, if no would you please explain why?
Thank you for your valuable replies:)
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I have a question regarding the comparisons. First of all, English is not my native language so ı do struggle to understand some sentence structures. I can have some real trouble comprehending comparisons extensively, ı mean understanding what is exactly compared to what. So ı have a few example below that ı want to clarify;
-Six times more illegal food has been seized in 2021 than in 2020, so in this very sentence we are comparing the years, ı assume, by saying that the amount seized in 2021 was greater than 2020.
So my question is can we rephrase the sentence as, if no would you please explain why?
-Six times more illegal food has been seized in 2021 than it was (seized?) in 2020
-Guns are even easier to procure today than it was two decades ago, so here again we are trying to compare easiness of procuring guns between different time frames, again can we rephrase it as the following?
-Guns are even easier to procure today than two decades ago, if no would you please explain why?
Thank you for your valuable replies:)
Expert views are highly appreciated
21 Dec 2021, 17:38
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Actually, we are comparing the amounts of illegal food seized in the two years (we are not comparing the years).
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This sentence is NOT fine. If we replace the IT with the noun, the sentence becomes:
"Six times more illegal food has been seized in 2021 than illegal food was in 2020."
Why is it not okay? It just isn't! The phrase "...than it was in 2020" makes it seem as if we are comparing some quality of the illegal food.
This sentence illustrates what I mean. The phrasing of the comparison is fine:
"Illegal food has been tastier in 2021 than it was in 2020."
The following sentences are fine too. Some are unnecessarily wordy, but they are not wrong.
- "Six times more illegal food has been seized in 2021 than was seized in 2020."
- "Six times more illegal food has been seized in 2021 than was in 2020."
- "The amount of illegal food seized in 2021 is six times more than the amount of illegal food seized in 2020."
- "The amount of illegal food seized in 2021 is six times more than the amount seized in 2020."
... (there probably are more ways to phrase the sentence)
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Yes, we can rephrase. The sentence can work.
The original sentence, before rephrasing, does NOT work.
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This sentence is wrong: In a sentence like this, IT must refer to a singular noun.
The following works:
"Procuring guns is even easier today today than it was two decades ago."
Here, IT refers to procuring guns
The following could work too (not a great sentence but not wrong):
"Guns are even easier to procure today than THEY were two decades ago."
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Thank you for the reply but ı have a question
can we rephrase it as "Illegal food has been tastier in 2021 than in 2020"? or would it make a wrong comparison between taste and years?
Thank you for the reply but ı have a question
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can we rephrase it as "Illegal food has been tastier in 2021 than in 2020"? or would it make a wrong comparison between taste and years?
