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Illogical Comparison

Illogical Comparison. Complied by Ms. Terri Yueh. Principles of comparison. A comparison expresses a relationship between two things. Be complete Be logical Be comparable Common errors Grammatically incomplete comparisons Ambiguous comparisons Illogical comparisons

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Illogical Comparison

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  1. Illogical Comparison Complied by Ms. Terri Yueh

  2. Principles of comparison A comparison expresses a relationship between two things. • Be complete • Be logical • Be comparable Common errors • Grammatically incomplete comparisons • Ambiguous comparisons • Illogical comparisons • Incomplete comparisons

  3. Grammatically incomplete comparisons ? Apples are better. (better than what?) ? Our new car gets better mileage. (better than what?)  Our new car gets better mileage than our old one did. ? Tainan features more park land per person than any other in Taiwan. (any other what?)  Tainan features more park land per person than any other city in Taiwan.

  4. Ambiguous comparisons • He enjoys watch basketball more than he enjoys watching baseball. ? I admire her more than Tom. • I admire her more than I admire Tom. • I admire her more than Tom does. ? Tom loves his wife, so do I. • Tom loves his wife, and I lovemy wife, too. • Tom loves his wife and I love his wife, too.

  5. Illogical comparisons • Two things are not comparable: ? A doctor’s income is greater than a teacher. • A doctor’s income is greater than a teacher’s. • A doctor’s income is greater than that of a teacher. • A doctor has a greater income than a teacher has.

  6. Incomplete comparisons • As.…as ? He is strong, if not stronger than, Tom. • He is as strong as, if not stronger than, Tom. • He is as strong as Tom, if not stronger. • Other, any other  items in the same class of things Mary is better than any other student in our class. • Any  items in different classes ? Mount Everest is higher than any Asian mountain.  Mount Everest is higher thanany otherAsian mountain. • Mount Everest is higher thanotherAsian mountains. • Mount Everest is higher thananyAmerican mountain. (comparing Mt. Everest, an Asian mountain, with American mountains, a different class)

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