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Forfarfly  #294088  Fri, 17 Nov 06 05:12 AM
Is there any grammatical mistake in "Compared with India,the situation is different in China "?

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Clive  #294112  Fri, 17 Nov 06 06:30 AM

Hi,

Is there any grammatical mistake in "Compared with India,the situation is different in China "?
I wouldn't say the grammar is wrong. However, the sentence sound odd. It's probably because of the use of 'compared' and 'different' in the same sentence.

Another problem is that, in your original sentence, you seem to be comparing 'India' to 'the situation in China', and these are not two comparable things.

I'd say something like "The situation in India is different than that in China." This makes it obvious that we are comparing, without explicitly using the word 'compared'.

Best wishes, Clive

  
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Forfarfly  #294118  Fri, 17 Nov 06 06:41 AM
got it! thanks. but "different than" is considered wrong sometimes, is it true?
  
Yoong Liat  #294174  Fri, 17 Nov 06 10:24 AM

 Forfarfly wrote:
got it! thanks. but "different than" is considered wrong sometimes, is it true?

different than is AmE and different from is BrE.

  
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Forfarfly  #294216  Fri, 17 Nov 06 11:15 AM
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