English Language & Usage Asked on June 6, 2021
I’m trying to sum up some rules for myself around “as + adjective + as” and “as many/few/little/much as”.
This is what I have summed up for myself. Is this correct?
Example: The jewels are as beautiful as the ocean.
Example: The jewel as beautiful as the ocean OR As beautiful a jewel as the ocean.
Example: There are as many dogs as cats.
Example: A risk as little as one chance in a million.
Can someone help me summarize when to use when? Thank you!
Some of your examples are correct but your rules around "as ... as" are not correct. Here are the rules about how to use "as ... as".
When we use "as + adjective + as" we are comparing the qualities of nouns. For example, the first example is comparing the beauty of the jewels to the the beauty of the ocean and saying that they are equaling beautiful.
When we use "as + adverb + as" we are comparing the qualities of verbs. For example, the third example is comparing how carefully you HAVE to unwrap the present to how carefully you CAN unwrap the present and saying that they have to be equal because the present is delicate.
Like rule 1, when we use "not + as + adjective + as" we are comparing the qualities of nouns. For example, the first example is comparing the weight of the books to the weight of the ball and saying that they are not equal.
When we use "not + verb + as + adverb + as" we are comparing the qualities of verbs. For example, the third example is comparing how loudly she SANG to how loudly she CAN SING and saying that they are not equal. The trick when using "not as ... as" with verbs and adverbs is that the verb has to come between the not and the as before the adverb like "not + verb + as + adverb + as".
The first example is comparing the quantity of money that Greg makes to the quantity of money that Mick makes and is saying that they are equal. The third example is comparing the quantity of people at the party to the quantity of people that I expected at the party and is saying they are not equal.
I've rewritten your examples so that they are correct and state which rule is applicable to each:
For more information see: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/as-as
Answered by Christopher Clarizio on June 6, 2021
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