General Forum
Start a New Topic 
Author
Comment
View Entire Thread
Re: about the pattern "as...as"

Thank you, Paul!

Then, in this case, "You look much more beautiful than my sister (does)",
can "than" be viewed as a preposition in modern grammar? thanks!

Re: about the pattern "as...as"

HH CHen
Thank you, Paul!

Then, in this case, "You look much more beautiful than my sister (does)",
can "than" be viewed as a preposition in modern grammar? thanks!


Yes, "than" is also called a preposition in modern grammar.

There is one progressive dictionary that follows modern grammar. See here for their definitions of "than" and "as":

https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/than

https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/as

I wouldn't worry too much about the different word categories. The most important thing is to understand the structure of comparative clauses, in particular the obligatory 'reduction' that I mentioned.



PaulM