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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 data on Mexican lizards and comparing it against extinction modelling and projected risks worldwide. Can...
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2012年9月7日 · I am having a problem understanding the difference between comparing with and compared with. here are the sentences Compared with Classical physics, Modern physics is referred to as quantum physics. Comparing with Classical physics, Modern physics is referred to as quantum physics. thanks
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2008年5月20日 · De acuerdo con Metzli, pero sí se puede usar "cheap" tal como lo tenía Mary Poppins: This type of energy is relatively cheap compared with other types.
Comparative, superlative: often | WordReference Forums
2006年4月19日 · That's not true. The general rule is that you add -er and -est if the adjective/adverb consists of one syllable (faster, fastest; quicker, quickest; bigger, biggest; fatter, fattest) or is a two-syllable adjective ending in y (happier, …
how to form the comparative of color-adjectives
2013年12月12日 · what are the comparative form of these adjetives: orange, pink, blue, white, red, yellow, purple, blue, green, black, etc. Are there any rules for the comparative form of tese color-adjectives? thanks for your help. are there any …
meanwhile / on the other hand / at the same time / in contrast ...
2017年3月22日 · In the example above, the speaker first talked about product B (on first hand), then talked about product C and D (on second hand). There's another product, A, which is on the third hand but ended up being not mentioned. I thought "on the other hand" would work only when comparing two things or two groups of things. I've learned something new ...
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 the children at your child's infant school!
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2010年1月15日 · Hi, Which of the folowing phrases is grammatically correct: Is your sister elder/younger to you? Or Is your sister elder/youger than you? Thanks, Kannu
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2009年5月5日 · Who is the adjective comparative of crowded. And the comparative of "curious" is "more curious", except in Alice in Wonderland, where Alice says, famously: "curiouser and curiouser".
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2017年5月11日 · You can use "braver," but I imagine they used "more brave of heart" because "brave of heart" is an expression all its own, so they didn't want to disrupt that.