Untuk membandingkan dua benda yang setara, kita menggunakan pola:
as + kata sifat yang menunjukkan jumlah + kata benda + as
Kata sifat jumlah atau kuantitas yang digunakan bergantung pada apakah kata benda yang dibandingkan dapat dihitung atau tidak dapat dihitung.
Kata benda yang dapat dihitung
Gunakan as many dan as few untuk kata benda yang dapat dihitung. Perhatikan bahwa kata benda dapat dihilangkan jika sudah diketahui jelas dari konteks, seperti pada contoh terakhir di bawah ini.
Contoh
- They have as many children as we do.
- We have as many customers as they do.
- Tom has as few books as Jane.
- There are as few houses in his village as in mine.
- You know as many people as I do.
- I have visited the States as many times as he has.
- I have three brothers. That's as many as you have. ("brothers" - kita sudah mengetahuinya)
Kata benda yang tidak dapat dihitung
Gunakan as much atau as little untuk kata benda yang tidak dapat dihitung. Perhatikan bahwa kata benda dapat dihilangkan jika sudah diketahui jelas dari konteks, seperti pada contoh terakhir di bawah ini.
Contoh
- John eats as much food as Peter.
- Jim has as little patience as Sam.
- You've heard as much news as I have.
- He's had as much success as his brother has.
- They've got as little water as we have.
- I'm not hungry. I've had as much as I want. ("food" - kita sudah mengetahuinya)