A. She is three years as old as me.
B. She is three years older than me.
C. She is older than me three years.
Which one do you prefer?
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A. She is three years as old as me.
B. She is three years older than me.
C. She is older than me three years.
Which one do you prefer?
NOT A TEACHER
B is correct. :-)
Okay :]Quote:
Originally Posted by tom3m
What about these?
A. My new book costs me five times more expensive than yours.
B. My new book costs me five times as much as yours.
C. My new book costs me five times much more expensive than yours.
NOT A TEACHER
None of your sentences describes what you want to say. This should be correct:
My new book is five times more expensive than yours.
This is possible: My new book cost five times as much as yours.
Yeah? ButQuote:
Originally Posted by tom3m
My teacher said this sentence is correct.Quote:
My new book costs me five times as much as yours.
Can you check it again? :-(
The present-tense 'costs' alone makes it highly unlikely that we would hear that sentence. To a purist, even if we use a more likely past-tense form, your sentence means 'My new book cost me five times as much as yours (cost me)', which is an unlikely situation. So, although you will hear sentences seuch as your original, few teachers will consider it 'correct'.Quote:
Originally Posted by matf9999
The word 'please' might be more appropriate than the :cry:.Quote:
Can you check it again? :-(
The use of the present tense might be appropriate if you have not already bought the book. Assume that your friend wants to buy a book and the price in your local bookshop is $5. You also want to buy a new book and the price in your local bookshop is $25. You would then be able to say "The new book I want to buy costs five times as much as yours". I would not be very happy with "My new book costs ..." in that context because that makes it sound as if you have already bought the book. Once you have bought the book, it becomes "My new book cost ..."