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Elliptical Comparisons 

Elliptical Comparisons
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Stacy Christiansen

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date: 13 November 2019

The conjunction than often introduces an abridged expression (eg, “You are younger than I [am young]).” Correct placement of than is important to avoid ambiguity:

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