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Term for a comparison
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Guest  #3865  Sun, 10 Aug 03 07:17 PM
If I compare a submarine to a shark, what is the correct English grammar term for that comparison?
  
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maj  #3871  Sun, 10 Aug 03 07:38 PM
I don't understand what you want to compare. What is it that you want to say?
  
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Jacko  #3874  Sun, 10 Aug 03 08:21 PM
Since you're comparing two things, you would use the comparative form of the adjective. For example: The submarine is larger in size than the shark. If you are not comparing them on a basis of degree then you just have to say it: The shark is a biological creature while the submarine is a mechanical...
  
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maj  #3875  Sun, 10 Aug 03 08:34 PM
device?
  
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Jacko  #3884  Mon, 11 Aug 03 12:40 AM
Completing the sentences would be a great game. We can trying to obscure each other's sentences.
  
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