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garlic2010 ( 博士級 1 級擅長領域： 英文 | 程式語言
回答時間： 2013-05-21 15:54:40
The first sentence is correct. The comparison is between now and then. The word "now" is omitted from the sentence.
The garden appears to be much more overgrown (now) than when I was here last year.
The second sentence is making a comparison between the garden vegetation now and my hair last year (?) perhaps. The second sentence is technically correct but does not make a lot of sense unless one is trying to compare their body parts with the garden vegetation.
This IS the best answer, but obviosuly this "博士" cannot even construct simple
, logical English sentences without his "helpful" dictionaries!
I am so confused! Here are my doubts:
1. The comarison is between now and then.(no double quotation marks here), but the word "now" is omitted from the sentence(this poor "博士" used double quotation marks here).
My question(double) is, "Are only Yahoo professors allowed to use double quotations in writing freely?".
2. "THE SECOND SENTENCE IS..." and "THE SECOND SENTENCE IS..."
Do we have to write/say "the second sentence ... the second sentence" when referring to the same subject in English to make our sentences 'clumsy'?
Can't we just use "it" in the second crappy sentence?
3. The second sentence is 'making'...(present progressive tense).
The second sentence is 'technically' correct...(simple present tense).
Are only fake professors allowed to use whatever they fancy when talking about the same thing freely?
4. In English, we talk about English grammar!
Is it insane to use 'technically correct' when we talk about English grammar?
Is it okay to use 'chemically' or even 'mentally'(to pretend I am a shrink)here?
5. Please fasten your seat belt. Here comes the tricky part in the professor's sentence. but 'does not MAKE A LOT OF SENSE'... Should we just say 'but doesn't make sense'?
WHAT THE HECK IS 'DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE'? Is it logical(not technical) to say 'doesn't make a certain amount of sense' or 'doesn't make 1/16 sense'?
6. compare to vs compare with unless one is trying to compare their body parts with the garden vegetation.
We should use 'compare with' to compare with two things/people in this sense. while we ought to use 'compare to" to compare A(a human being) 'to' B(an animal) in this case.
This usage can be found in lots of grammar books, but I'm still 'wondering' why this professor had the guts to compare body parts 'WITH' the garden vegetation!
In Britain, people tend to include a word or a phrase with 'SINGLE' quotation marks, by the way.
This professor might say: "Hey! I use(or I'm USING) American English, moron!", then I would reply: "You cannot even make simple sentences, how can you tell the difference between A and B?".
I suggest this professor type his favorite dictionary websites for everyone. He cannot 'technically' live or make simple sentences without them anyway!
My final word: This professor's answer is COMPLETE RUBBISH!
Thanks.
Did he/she OFFENDED you...? Go enjoy making more mistakes, please. This is not what you are interested in knowing! not a rhetorical statement but AN actual question... be that as it may (is it colloquial as well?)
As you know, English is very colloquial ( You mean there is colloquialism in English--not ENGLISH IS VERY colloquial right?)
It seems to me that you do not care about your making any mistakes in writing. I have got one question for you. Why did Yahoo set up this section for Yahoo Knowledge? Let's share our ways of making grammatical mistakes right?
As long as we THINK we have made ourselves clear, we should be satisfied? My questions are about basic English grammar--NOT PERFECT GRAMMAR!
D-port, I am afraid that I am not satisfied with your great answer!