http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/gcnjp/post.htm#515031Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:36:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:515031Clive0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/gcnjp/post.htm#515031http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-515031.xmlHi again, As for these answers of yours: The spoons I used at dinner are the same as (the spoons used by Jill ) Jill&#39;s (at dinner). OK I have the same book as (the book) Jane /or Jane&#39;s??? (has) Here, the sentence is equating &#39;I&#39; to &#39;Jane&#39;. Consider that &#39;I&#39; and &#39;Jane&#39; are the subjects of the two clauses. Are you saying no. 1 can use both &#39;Jill&#39; and &#39;Jill&#39;s&#39;? No. The spoons I used at dinner are the same as Jill&#39;s (spoons). The sentence is equating spoons to spoons. &#39;Spoons are the subject in both parts of the statement. The spoons I used at dinner are the same as (the spoons used) by Jill (at dinner) -- See &#39;are the same as by Jill&#39; is not...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/gcnjp/post.htm#515028Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:36:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:515028Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/gcnjp/post.htm#515028http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-515028.xmlThank you. As for these answers of yours: The spoons I used at dinner are the same as (the spoons used by Jill ) Jill&#39;s (at dinner). OK I have the same book as (the book) Jane /or Jane&#39;s??? (has) Are you saying no. 1 can use both &#39;Jill&#39; and &#39;Jill&#39;s&#39;? The spoons I used at dinner are the same as (the spoons used) by Jill (at dinner) -- See &#39;are the same as by Jill&#39; is not good. As to no. 2, which is correct? I have the same book as (the book) Jane (has) I have the same book as Jane&#39;s -- Although I couldn&#39;t construct a full sentence, I feel this is how people very often speak in everyday situations.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/gcnjp/post.htm#514884Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:36:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514884Clive2http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/gcnjp/post.htm#514884http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514884.xmlHi, I think Clive told me something to the effect that you need to make a full sentence in order for me to make a proper construction. Yes, the idea was to look at the long sentence in order to see how to make the short one correctly. Did I do these right? My birthday is the same as Jill&#39;s (is) OK The date for the meeting is the same as last month&#39;s (date). OK The spoons I used are the same as the ones used when I was eating dinner the day before OK, but long. The spoons I used at dinner are the same as (the spoons used by Jill ) Jill&#39;s (at dinner). OK I have the same book as (the book) Jane /or Jane&#39;s??? (has) The words in parentheses are those ones I used to construct full sentences...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/gcnjp/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 02:36:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514877Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/gcnjp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514877.xmlHi, I think Clive told me something to the effect that you need to make a full sentence in order for me to make a proper construction. Did I do these right? My birthday is the same as Jill&#39;s (is) The date for the meeting is the same as last month&#39;s (date). The spoons I used are the same as the ones used when I was eating dinner the day before. The spoons I used at dinner are the same as (the spoons used by) Jill&#39;s (at dinner). I have the same book as (the book) Jane /or Jane&#39;s??? (has) The words in parentheses are those ones I used to construct full sentences but those do not seem be right.