Riglos Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
same as / same than
Hi people!
Is this sentence correct?
"The auxiliary should be in the same tense as the action we are comparing".
When do we use the same that and when the same as?
E.g: He is the same age as his wife.
I bought the same car as yours.
I bought the same car that you did.
Is it that when a noun (or pronoun) follows, we use "as", and when a clause follows we use "that"? In my example, the noun "action" is postmodified by the clause "we are comparing", but we should take the construction after "as" as a noun "the action we are comparing", and not as a clause, shouldn't we?
Thanks a lot!
Regards,
Mara.
Is this sentence correct?
"The auxiliary should be in the same tense as the action we are comparing".
When do we use the same that and when the same as?
E.g: He is the same age as his wife.
I bought the same car as yours.
I bought the same car that you did.
Is it that when a noun (or pronoun) follows, we use "as", and when a clause follows we use "that"? In my example, the noun "action" is postmodified by the clause "we are comparing", but we should take the construction after "as" as a noun "the action we are comparing", and not as a clause, shouldn't we?
Thanks a lot!
Regards,
Mara.
Top answer
Either as or that can be used before a clause: only as can be used before a noun or pronoun. It's the same hat as/that I wore last year. It's the same hat as mine.
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Either as or that can be used before a clause: only as can be used before a noun or pronoun.
It's the same hat as/that I wore last year.
It's the same hat as mine.
It's the same hat as/that I wore last year.
It's the same hat as mine.
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