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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:38 am Post subject: Which is correct? |
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1.No other students in his class are as tall as he.
2.No other student in his class is as tall as he. |
Which is correct and why?
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damon@English24/7
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
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Location: Vancouver Canada
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
The first sentence is correct.
When you are faced with a sentence where you are uncertain of the subject-verb agreement try reducing it to the most basic form. In this case the most basic form is "students are tall" so the correct subject-verb agreement is number one.
There are exceptions where the time slips but not in sentences with only one verb.
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CP
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
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Location: California
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:06 am Post subject: |
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I think sentence 2 is also correct grammatically and logically. No other student is as tall as this particular one. Which student is as tall as he? None / not one.
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