Comparative clauses structure
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I have difficulty with comparative clauses. I know comparative and superlative grammar, but I don't know the comparative clauses structure.
For example is it right to say:
The numbers of hospitals beds are much more in Japan than in the US
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I have difficulty with comparative clauses. I know comparative and superlative grammar, but I don't know the comparative clauses structure.
For example is it right to say:
The numbers of hospitals beds are much more in Japan than in the US
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I have difficulty with comparative clauses. I know comparative and superlative grammar, but I don't know the comparative clauses structure.
For example is it right to say:
The numbers of hospitals beds are much more in Japan than in the US
grammar
edited Sep 2 at 19:55
marcellothearcane
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Azim
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I have difficulty with comparative clauses. I know comparative and superlative grammar, but I don't know the comparative clauses structure.
For example is it right to say:
The numbers of hospitals beds are much more in Japan than in the US
grammar
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You have identified your difficulty as drafting comparatives. You could re-cast the sentence as "There are many more hospital beds in Japan than in the United States." Many more, rather than much more, because beds is a countable noun.
The rule on this is to match the number of the subject and the verb. In your example, the subject is "numbers", a plural noun which takes a plural verb, "are". The sentence as written is a bit awkward. "The number of hospital beds" works better, because your comparison is one number to another number. For example, 35,000,000 compared to 10,000,000.
Beds is not the subject of your sentence, it is the object of a prepositional clause. If you intend to compare how many beds in Japan to how many beds in the United States, it is simpler to cast the sentence with beds as the subject. "More" is sufficient to express "the number of".
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No, that example is incorrect, particularly in number comparison aspect. If there are more beds somewhere than somewhere else, the number of beds there is greater (higher, bigger):
The number of hospital beds is much greater in Japan than in US.
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You have identified your difficulty as drafting comparatives. You could re-cast the sentence as "There are many more hospital beds in Japan than in the United States." Many more, rather than much more, because beds is a countable noun.
The rule on this is to match the number of the subject and the verb. In your example, the subject is "numbers", a plural noun which takes a plural verb, "are". The sentence as written is a bit awkward. "The number of hospital beds" works better, because your comparison is one number to another number. For example, 35,000,000 compared to 10,000,000.
Beds is not the subject of your sentence, it is the object of a prepositional clause. If you intend to compare how many beds in Japan to how many beds in the United States, it is simpler to cast the sentence with beds as the subject. "More" is sufficient to express "the number of".
answered Sep 2 at 19:19
Theresa
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You have identified your difficulty as drafting comparatives. You could re-cast the sentence as "There are many more hospital beds in Japan than in the United States." Many more, rather than much more, because beds is a countable noun.
The rule on this is to match the number of the subject and the verb. In your example, the subject is "numbers", a plural noun which takes a plural verb, "are". The sentence as written is a bit awkward. "The number of hospital beds" works better, because your comparison is one number to another number. For example, 35,000,000 compared to 10,000,000.
Beds is not the subject of your sentence, it is the object of a prepositional clause. If you intend to compare how many beds in Japan to how many beds in the United States, it is simpler to cast the sentence with beds as the subject. "More" is sufficient to express "the number of".
answered Sep 2 at 19:19
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You have identified your difficulty as drafting comparatives. You could re-cast the sentence as "There are many more hospital beds in Japan than in the United States." Many more, rather than much more, because beds is a countable noun.
The rule on this is to match the number of the subject and the verb. In your example, the subject is "numbers", a plural noun which takes a plural verb, "are". The sentence as written is a bit awkward. "The number of hospital beds" works better, because your comparison is one number to another number. For example, 35,000,000 compared to 10,000,000.
Beds is not the subject of your sentence, it is the object of a prepositional clause. If you intend to compare how many beds in Japan to how many beds in the United States, it is simpler to cast the sentence with beds as the subject. "More" is sufficient to express "the number of".
answered Sep 2 at 19:19
Theresa
2,201820
You have identified your difficulty as drafting comparatives. You could re-cast the sentence as "There are many more hospital beds in Japan than in the United States." Many more, rather than much more, because beds is a countable noun.
The rule on this is to match the number of the subject and the verb. In your example, the subject is "numbers", a plural noun which takes a plural verb, "are". The sentence as written is a bit awkward. "The number of hospital beds" works better, because your comparison is one number to another number. For example, 35,000,000 compared to 10,000,000.
Beds is not the subject of your sentence, it is the object of a prepositional clause. If you intend to compare how many beds in Japan to how many beds in the United States, it is simpler to cast the sentence with beds as the subject. "More" is sufficient to express "the number of".
answered Sep 2 at 19:19
Theresa
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answered Sep 2 at 19:19
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No, that example is incorrect, particularly in number comparison aspect. If there are more beds somewhere than somewhere else, the number of beds there is greater (higher, bigger):
The number of hospital beds is much greater in Japan than in US.
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No, that example is incorrect, particularly in number comparison aspect. If there are more beds somewhere than somewhere else, the number of beds there is greater (higher, bigger):
The number of hospital beds is much greater in Japan than in US.
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No, that example is incorrect, particularly in number comparison aspect. If there are more beds somewhere than somewhere else, the number of beds there is greater (higher, bigger):
The number of hospital beds is much greater in Japan than in US.
answered Sep 2 at 19:28
Alex_ander
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No, that example is incorrect, particularly in number comparison aspect. If there are more beds somewhere than somewhere else, the number of beds there is greater (higher, bigger):
The number of hospital beds is much greater in Japan than in US.
answered Sep 2 at 19:28
Alex_ander
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answered Sep 2 at 19:28
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