Which is better:
He is three years older than me.
He is three years as old as me.
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Which is better:
He is three years older than me.
He is three years as old as me.
Not a teacher,Quote:
Originally Posted by Clark
The first one is OK but I don't think the later one is correct or have the same meaning with the first one.
If you are comparing your age with the second person and there is a difference of 3 yrs between yours and his age then you will say HE IS THREE YEARS OLDER THAN ME.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clark
He is three years as old as me is an absurd sentence. It doesn't make any sense. If I break your this sentence ' he is three years as old as me' in two sentences , we will say HE IS AS OLD AS ME,, meaning we two are of the same age. I am 23 and so he. Similarly , he is three means he is three years old.
So keeping these two sentences together , one from HE IS AS OLD AS ME and HE IS THREE and making it one , doesnt make any sense.
He is three as old as me., here you are not comparing your age with the other person.
I am not a teacher but hopefully have tried to make you understand the meaning of the above mentioned two sentences.
Thank you, Roselin. I don't know how it occurred to me to ask such a stupid question. Must be overworked.
It's ok! No problem! :- )Quote:
Originally Posted by Clark
That sentence means:If I am 10, he is not 40 but 30.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clark
right?
Thank you teachers.
No, it means if you are 10 he is 13.Quote:
Originally Posted by norwolf
Thank you so much, ClarkQuote:
Originally Posted by Clark
You mean 10+3=13
Here goes another one:
My age is two times older than his.
Does it mean "10*(1+2)=30" or "10*2=20"?
I think the correct phrase would be :Quote:
Originally Posted by norwolf
I'm twice as old as him.
So I'm getting pretty confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Clark
Somebody says there is a sentence taken from cambridge dictionary,which is:Oxygen is 16 times heavier than hydrogen.