grammatically correct?(3)

[Shinya Maki]

Hello everyone.

We see Sentence 1 below fairly often in English grammar books published in Japan. For the same meaning, is it possible to rewrite the sentence into Sentence 2 below?

1. A whale is not a fish any more than a horse is.

2. A whale is not any more a fish than a horse is.

Best regards,
Shinya Maki

[Rusty]

Hello everyone.

We see Sentence 1 below fairly often in English grammar books published in Japan. For the same meaning, is it possible to rewrite the sentence into Sentence 2 below?

1. A whale is not a fish any more than a horse is.

2. A whale is not any more a fish than a horse is.

Best regards,
Shinya Maki

Yes, that's OK. Same meaning.

[ponpoco256]

Yes, that's OK. Same meaning.
"X is not a Y(=noun) any more than .." hits 49,800 pages on Google.
But "X is not any more a Y(=noun) than .." hits only 269 pages.

ponpoco

[Temico]

"X is not a Y(=noun) any more than .." hits 49,800 pages on Google.
But "X is not any more a Y(=noun) than .." hits only 269 pages.

ponpoco


X is not anymore a Y than.... ( 441,000 hits)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=X+is+not+anymore+a+Y+than....&btnG=Search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=X+is+not+anymore+a+Y+than....&btnG=Search)

X is not a Y anymore than.... (441,000 hits)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=X+is+not+a+Y+anymore+than....&btnG=Google+Search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=X+is+not+a+Y+anymore+than....&btnG=Google+Search)

......so much for your "Googlily"!

[ponpoco256]

I'm afraid you are a googlily handicapped person.

ponpoco

[Temico]

I'm afraid you are a googlily handicapped person.

ponpoco

Ha ha ha................ at least a "handicapped" person says something with proof to back it while a so-called able-bodied "Doraemon" just mews out of the blue!!

How about "googlily....ing" "mews out of the blue"....ha ha ha ..................

[ponpoco256]

at least a "handicapped" person says something with proof to back itI'm afraid you might be confusing "proof" and "poop".

ponpoco

[Temico]

I'm afraid you might be confusing "proof" and "poop".

ponpoco
Ha ha ha....it's indeed only a "Doraemon" nincompoop who will still not realise that if one can get 441,000 hits for a nonsensical Google search input like "X is not anymore a Y than....", there must be other "poop" in there lurking to smother his stupidity!!

[ponpoco256]

You'd better learn how to use Google properly.

ponpoco

[Temico]

You'd better learn how to use Google properly.

ponpoco
BTW, I am here to learn English and not your "Doraemon"-infested "googlily"!