Wednesday, May 27, 2009

COMPARISON: ADJECTIVES/QUANTITY (2)

COMPARISONS OF ADJECTIVES /QUANTITY

To show no difference: as much as , as many as, as few as, as little as...
as many as / as few as + countable nouns
as much as / as little as + uncountable nouns

Examples: With countable nouns:
TRANSLATE THE EXAMPLES.

They have as many children as us.

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We have as many customers as them.

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Tom has as few books as Jane.

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There are as few houses in his village as in mine.

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You know as many people as I do.

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I have visited the States as many times as he has.

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With uncountable nouns:

John eats as much food as Peter.

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Jim has as little food as Sam.

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You've heard as much news as I have.

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He's had as much success as his brother has.

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They've got as little water as we have.

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