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organica
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 Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:00 am Post subject: compared to vs. than |
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In the following sentence,
"The interaction patterns of Course B show rather simpler layers of threads than those of Course A,"
can I replace 'than those of Course A' with 'compared with Course A'?
Or is it more correct if I wrote, "compared with those of Course A?" |
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Mister Micawber
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| Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:19 am Post subject: |
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Use the those of form; the other is slightly illogical.
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