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Paul Matthews
Apr 22, 2017 - 11:58AM
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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