I saw it in a random English exercise/practice sheet;.That's what it implies. Where did you find it?
You offered your opinion in your opening post and you got a confirmation in #2.I am trying to understand whether Smith dislikes which one more: doing crafts or solving puzzles.
I am unsure which is correct:
(a) Smith would rather solve puzzles than do crafts.
(b) Smith would rather do crafts than solve puzzles.
This means "[He] doesn't like X as much as he likes Y".when it comes to "does not like" with "as much as",
The sentence does not say anything about disliking. It simply says that he does not like doing crafts to the same extent that he likes doing puzzles.I am trying to understandwhetherwhich one Smith dislikeswhich onemore: doing crafts or solving puzzles.
That is correct.I am unsure which is correct:
(a) Smith would rather solve puzzles than do crafts.
That is incorrect.(b) Smith would rather do crafts than solve puzzles.
That's what it implies. Where did you find it?
That's what it implies. Where did you find it?
I saw it in an English practice exercise sheet.
What you wrote (a and b) is actually confusing.I found the "as much as" rather confusing because I thought it could mean:
(a) He does not like solving puzzles more than he dislikes doing crafts.
(b) He does not like doing crafts to the same extent that he dislikes solving puzzles.
Right.Ifit is,"Smith likes doing crafts as much as solving puzzles", then he likes both equally.
For that, we use "dislike". For example:So I thought if he does not like two things, then it means he dislikes doing both equally.
I think that not like is normally far closer in meaning to dislike than to have no positive feeling of liking for.There's an important difference in meaning between not like and dislike.
I think that not like is normally far closer in meaning to dislike than to have no positive feeling of liking for.