ENGLISH GRAMMAR GUIDE “ADJECTIVES” “ADJECTIVES COMPARING EQUAL QUANTITIES”

ENGLISH GRAMMAR GUIDE “ADJECTIVES”

“ADJECTIVES COMPARING EQUAL QUANTITIES”

Untuk membandingkan dua hal yang sama, kita menggunakan pola:

As + adjectives indicating quantity + (noun) + as

Kuantitas sifat digunakan tergantung jika kata benda dalam perbandingan adalah terhitung atau dihitung.

COUNTABLE NOUNS

Gunakan sebanyak dan sesedikit dengan kata benda dihitung. Perhatikan bahwa kata benda dapat omitted ketika dipahami dari konteks, sepertidalam contoh terakhir dibawah ini.

Examples:

Ø  They have as many children as we do

Ø  We have as many customers as  they do

Ø  Tom has as few books as Jane

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

Ø  You know as many people as I do

Ø  I have visited the states as many times as he has

Ø  I have three brothers. That’s as many as you have

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Gunakan sebanyak atau kecil dengan kata benda tak terhitung. Perhatikan bahwa kata benda dapat commited ketika dipahami dari konteks, seperti dalam contoh dibawah ini.

Examples:

Ø  John eats as much food as Peter

Ø  Jim has as little patience as Sam

Ø  You’ve heard as much news as I have

Ø  He’s had as much success as his brother has

Ø  They’ve got as little water as we have

Ø  I’m not hungry. I’ve had as much as I want.