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Old 03-Jun-2008, 02:39
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Basketball game is nowhere so popular as in England.

Does this mean that Basketaball game is very popular in England?or Does it talk about the popularity of basketaball game all over the world in comparison to the popularity of England as a country?
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Basketball game is nowhere as popular as in England.

The sentence means the level of popularity of basketball game in other countries cannot match that in England. The game is most popular in England.
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Basketball game is nowhere as popular as in England.

The sentence means the level of popularity of basketball game in other countries cannot match that in England. The game is most popular in England.
Basketball is nowhere so popular as in England. -correct.So=very . And also note nowhere .
...,........the level of . The popularity in other in other countries is lessthan that ofEngland.
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