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[BMO]

1. There are two cars. One is bigger. The other is smaller.

Is there anything wrong with this sentence? I think grammatically it is not, but can I change it to:

2. There are two cars, one is bigger than the other.

Thanks.

[abud]

i saw ur sentences...it is very great ...
anyway this is my first replay in this fourm
thank u

[LucentShade]

The only thing I would change in sentence two is puntuation: "There are two cars; one is bigger than the other."

[asterix]

You could say,... one is big, the other is smaller

[advoca]

What language is Abud writing in? Seems strange to me.

[Lorikeet]

[BMO]

[ErwinR]

But with this last suggestion you say that one car is big. They could be both small and still there could be one bigger than the other. I would use LucentShade's sentence (although I think I would rephrase the whole sentence, but that's not what you're asking).

[BMO]

[advoca]

Thanks, Lorikeet, for the translation of Abud's message.

I hope he will use English for future posts.

[ebb]

"One car's bigger than the other." OR

"One car's smaller than the other."

These would be more typical expressions in colloquial speech. "There are" or "there is" = usually excess fat.

So, there's usually a better way to write it. errrrrr... I mean "A better way usually exists" .... errrrrrrr "A better way is usually available" .... aww, to hell with it.
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