{"id":213,"date":"2013-09-03T13:10:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T12:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/?p=213"},"modified":"2013-09-03T13:10:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T12:10:25","slug":"struggles-with-than","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jesusromerotrillo.es\/?p=213","title":{"rendered":"Struggles With \u2018Than\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some reason, comparative constructions with “than” or “as” give us no end of trouble. Probably the most common lapse is using “than” when “as” is called for — for example, “She raised more than three times as much money in the campaign than<\/strong> Mr. Smith.” But there are more arcane stumbles, as well. Look carefully at all such expressions.<\/p>\n

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For some reason, comparative constructions with “than” or “as” give us no end of trouble. Probably the most common lapse is using “than” when “as” is called for — for example, “She raised more than three times as much money in the campaign than Mr. Smith.” But there are more arcane stumbles, as well. Look […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,57,56],"tags":[58],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t