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Is this sentence correct:

1-My brothers are wealthy and so are yours, but the wealth of your brother was no earned in the same way as that of mine. (as the wealth of my brothers)
 

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Is this sentence correct:

1-My brothers are wealthy and so are yours, but the wealth of your brother was not earned in the same way as that of mine. (as the wealth of my brother[STRIKE]s[/STRIKE])
It's possible, but this is more natural:

...but your brother's wealth was not earned in the same way as my brother's.
 

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Thanks Fivejedjon.

Well, the idea was to have brothers on one side and one single brother on the other.

... as my brothers'
 

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Sorry, my slip.
 
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