[Grammar] Figures of speech.

[shahjehansoomro]

Is the following sentence correct?

# Michel is as intelligent as Cristina is.

 

[SoothingDave]

No. There is a "#" at the beginning.

 

[shahjehansoomro]

"#" is just the bullet please ignore it.

1. Michel is as intelligent as Christina is.

..?

 

[emsr2d2]

That's fine. It would also be fine without the "is" at the end of the sentence.

 

[Rover_KE]

There's no need to put 1. when there's no number 2.

 

[shahjehansoomro]

Little confusion... As far as I know that there shouldn't comparison between the same kind things like:

Human and human:

1. Michel is as intelligent as Christina.
2. John is as intelligent as Christina.

or we can compare.

 

[emsr2d2]

You are wrong in that belief. I would say, though, that we are not comparing human with human. We are comparing one level of intelligence with another level of intelligence. Both those levels happen to belong to humans in your example.

Charlie is as intelligent as his sister, Clare.
Charlie is as intelligent as his dog, Ben.
My hamster is as intelligent as your brother.

 

[MikeNewYork]

We make comparisons about people all the time. But we compare traits, attributes, and behaviors, not the humans themselves.

John is taller than Sam
Mary is nicer than Sue.
Fran is prettier than Mabel.
Joe is a better architect than William.