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English Language & Usage Asked by Milkyway on December 31, 2020

What’s the meaning of this comparison:

One can compare Makan’s quality of life as favorable to that of most other peasants in regions.

So was Makan’s quality of life the same, slightly better, or much better than the most other peasants?

3 Answers

The degree of improved quality of life is not directly described. It is however implied as Makan remains a peasant. Therefore one can assume that the quality of life was slight, but not great enough to rise above the feudal class of peasant.

Answered by crowne on December 31, 2020

The sentence should be read as

"One can compare Makan's quality of life as being favourable in comparison to that of most other peasants in regions."

Or understood as "One can compare Makan's quality of life as one that would be favoured by most people over the quality of life of most other peasants in regions.

Answered by Greybeard on December 31, 2020

It simply means that deciding which has a better quality of life, Makan or most of the other peasants, would depend on how you compare them.

Read as:

It is possible to make the comparison in such a way that Makan's quality of life seems better than that of most other peasants in the region.

Would everyone come to this conclusion? No. It all depends on how you make the comparison.

Answered by DW256 on December 31, 2020

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