Thursday, May 06, 2004, 07:15 GMT
"you don't eat as much as I used to hear you do". Did I use it right
verb-as-much-as-another verb
Thursday, May 06, 2004, 07:29 GMT
The punctuation is wrong.
"You don't eat as much as I used to hear you do."
That's better. It's right in a certain situation ... except maybe for the "do". If you used to hear that then it's not necessarily going still to be so ... though it might be. So how about.
"You don't eat as much as I used to hear you did."
This is more natural sounding because of what I wrote above. Though we could drop the "you do/did" bit altogether.
"You don't eat as much as I used to hear."
That's better. Keep in mind that this is only good for certain situations: those in which you used to hear this (and presumably don't anymore). If it wasn't such a long time ago that you heard how much the person ate then ditch the "used to".
"You don't eat as much as I heard."
"You don't eat as much as I heard you did." or
"You don't eat as much as I heard you do."
"You don't eat as much as I used to hear you do."
That's better. It's right in a certain situation ... except maybe for the "do". If you used to hear that then it's not necessarily going still to be so ... though it might be. So how about.
"You don't eat as much as I used to hear you did."
This is more natural sounding because of what I wrote above. Though we could drop the "you do/did" bit altogether.
"You don't eat as much as I used to hear."
That's better. Keep in mind that this is only good for certain situations: those in which you used to hear this (and presumably don't anymore). If it wasn't such a long time ago that you heard how much the person ate then ditch the "used to".
"You don't eat as much as I heard."
"You don't eat as much as I heard you did." or
"You don't eat as much as I heard you do."
Thursday, May 06, 2004, 07:42 GMT
Thanx jim
Friday, May 07, 2004, 06:40 GMT
That's OK.
Friday, May 07, 2004, 10:44 GMT
That's ok, what?