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jasonlulu_2000
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 Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject: me or mine |
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There at the door stood a girl abou the same height ______.
A. as me B. as mine
Which of is a better choice? Why?
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dragn
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There at the door stood a girl abou the same height ______.
A. as me B. as mine
Which of is a better choice? Why? |
Answer A. as me is the better (most would say the correct) choice.
When we talk about height, it's true that we sometimes do it in a possessive manner: What's your height? My height is 183 cm, etc. When we want to say two people are equally tall, there are two basic patterns that use the word height:
1. John is the same height as Joe.
2. John's height is the same as Joe's.
Joe's height, that is.
In the original sentence, the girl's height is not mentioned; only the girl is. Thus, I would use a structure similar to 1:
There at the door stood a girl about the same height as me.
Some may argue for as I (the subjective case), but it sounds stiffly formal and most Americans routinely use the objective case (me) in sentences like this.
Hope this is helpful.
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jasonlulu_2000
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| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:03 pm Post subject: thank you |
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