CursoLección 40/87

Comparacion de igualdad: as ... as

"as + adjective + as: as ... as."

La regla

as + adjetivo + as: tan ... como.

Para decir que dos cosas son iguales en alguna cualidad se usa "as + adjetivo + as": "Madrid is as expensive as Barcelona" (Madrid es tan caro como Barcelona). En negativa se puede usar "not as ... as" o "not so ... as" con el mismo significado: "Murcia is not as cold as Madrid". El error tipico del hispanohablante es traducir "como" por "than": "as expensive than" es incorrecto; siempre as ... as.

Ejemplos

Madrid is as expensive as Barcelona.

Madrid es tan caro como Barcelona.

She is as tall as her brother.

Es tan alta como su hermano.

This sprint is as busy as the last one.

Este sprint es tan ajetreado como el anterior.

Murcia is not as cold as Madrid.

Murcia no es tan fria como Madrid.

He works as hard as Elena.

Trabaja tan duró como Elena.

Slack is as useful as email.

Slack es tan útil como el email.

The bug is not as critical as we thought.

El bug no es tan crítico como pensabamos.

Casos típicos

Igualdad afirmativaas + adjective + as

as tall asas fast asas expensive as

Igualdad negativa (no tan ... como)not as + adjective + as

not as cold asnot as expensive asnot as easy as

Con adverbios tambiénas + adverb + as

as quickly as possibleas well as heras hard as Elena

Variante formal: not so ... asnot so + adjective + as

not so cold as Madridnot so easy as it looks

Trampas hispanohablantes

Madrid is as expensive than Barcelona.Madrid is as expensive as Barcelona.

Igualdad usa as ... as, NO than.

She is so tall as her brother.She is as tall as her brother.

En afirmativa se usa as ... as, no so ... as.

Murcia is not so cold than Madrid.Murcia is not as cold as Madrid. / not so cold as Madrid.

Tras so/as siempre as, nunca than.

He works as harder as Elena.He works as hard as Elena.

Entre as ... as va el adjetivo/adverbio en forma BASE, no comparativa.