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Adjectives and Nouns Use Different Frames

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adjective

as tall as · as fast as

plural count noun

as many books as

non-count noun

as much water as · as much time as

negative adjective

not as tall as · lower degree

Mira el centro: adjective, count noun, or non-count noun. Conserva el segundo as antes del benchmark.

tan para adjetivos; tanto/tantos para sustantivos.

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Tips

Adjectives and Nouns Use Different Frames

  1. El centro controla la forma: smart → as…as; books → as many…as; water → as much…as.
  2. Many exige sustantivo contable plural; much exige sustantivo no contable.
  3. Not so…as puede aparecer en reconocimiento; para producir, usa el patrón común not as…as.