Pengertian Comparative Clause
Comparative clause adalah tipe subordinate clause yang mengikuti comparative form dari adjective (kata sifat) atau adverb (kata keterangan).
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Penggunaan dan Contoh Kalimat Comparative Clause
| Penggunaan | Contoh Kalimat |
|---|---|
| as | |
| As diikuti adjective/adverb dan as phrase/clause ketika membandingkan hal-hal yang sama atau mirip. | Creating a website is not as hard as it used to be. (Membuat sebuah website tidak sesulit sebelumnya.) |
| The room is as small as my room at home. (Kamar tersebut sekecil kamar saya di rumah.) |
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| than | |
| Than digunakan di awal comparative clause setelah comparative adjective atau adverb. Clause tersebut biasanya reduced clause (clause yang mengandung ellipsis (elliptical construction) yang satu atau lebih elemen penyusunnya dihilangkan). |
(Marina lebih tinggi dari saya.) |
| He gets cold sores less often than he used to. (Dia mengalami sariawan lebih jarang dari sebelumnya.) |
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| Andika never came earlier than she did. (Andika tidak pernah datang lebih cepat dari dia.) |
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References:
- Comparative Clause. http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/comparativeclauseterm.htm. Accessed on January 29, 2017.
- Subordinate Clauses: Semantic Types. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/clauses/compar.htm. Accessed on January 29, 2017.
- Comparative Adverbs. https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adverbials/comparative-adverbs. Accessed on January 29, 2017.
- Comparison: clauses (bigger than we had imagined). http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/comparing-and-contrasting/comparison-clauses-bigger-than-we-had-imagined. Accessed on January 29, 2017.