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Pb03  +  938039 Sun, 11 Oct 09 04:26 PM
Hi guys,

 

When you hear a sentence below, what is your first impression/interpretation?

The wolvreine is very smart compared to other animals ?

OR

To other animals, the wolverine is too smart?

OR

 

Any idea would be welcomed.

pb

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"The wolverine is too smart for other animals."

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Emmeladelyn  +  938088 Sun, 11 Oct 09 05:08 PM
hi

I'd interpret this as meaning that the wolverine is smarter than other animals and, therefore, that it succeeds in what it tries to do - hunting or stealing, I suppose.

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makaay  +  938103 Sun, 11 Oct 09 05:15 PM
I'm not a native, but my first impression about the first sentence is that wolverine is smarter than other animals.

But the second I have the impression that the other animals, think wolverine is smarter than them.


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Anonymous, 46 days ago
Pb03: How about "Compared WITH other animals, the wolverine is very smart." = If you consider the intelligence of all the other animals, then a wolverine is No. l in brains.  By the way, some native speakers say that you should use TO only if you want to say two things are similar: Tom compares his father TO his brother (they are both strong).  But nowadays many native speakers don't care if you use TO or WITH in your sentence.  The decision is yours.
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