Which are correct:
[color=red]1-She wears as expensive dresses as you do.
[color=blue]2-She wears as expensive dresses as the ones you wear.
[color=indigo]3-She wears dresses as expensive as the ones you wear.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1, is incorrect.
Regarding 2 and 3, see my answer for the similar questions which you have posted.
She wears as expensive dresses as you do. [color=blue]I think this sentence is acceptable, even though some might prefer ‘…wears dresses as expensive as you do.’
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You do have some strange notions.
[color=blue]Thank you very much, and the same to you!
If you want to persuade me that ‘She wears as expensive dresses as you do.’ is incorrect, give it a try.
Honestly, I would use ‘as …as yours’, not ‘as … as you do’.
[color=blue]That’s up to you, but what’s wrong with “as you do”?
Hi Eugene,
I guess you’d have to compare this:
as yours (are)
as you do(wear)
Only one of those is acceptable to me. I agree with you.
As I said… strange notions.
Well, in my view, you can compare a noun --your dresses–with another noun, not with the verb ‘do’. ‘She wears dresses as elegantly as you do’ would sound better in terms of logic,no?
Hi Bev, am I right?
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That is only your opinion, or maybe just your attempt to save face. In any case, I don’t pay much notice. And why are you not telling me what’s wrong with that sentence instead of just throwing meaningless insults.
You invited me to ‘persuade you’ the sentence was incorrect.
I didn’t see the point in wasting my breath.
Thank you all very much.
I think there are regional differences as to whether ‘1’ is idiomatic or not. One might say that it is logical. It certainly looks logical to me. But in English (and maybe in every other language) logic alone does not define correctness. It seems to me that some people consider ‘1’ correct and others don’t. I might be out of my depth, and it might seem that I am trying to act as a peacemaker, but that is really the impression I get.
Respectfully,
Navi.
[color=blue]That’s rich! You who are involved in most of the threads here all of a sudden have to save your breath. Does anyone else smell a total cop-out?
Gosh, why are so many people so concerned about my activities on this forum?
Hardly a cop-out as I posted message #8.
You said, “If you want to persuade me that ‘She wears as expensive dresses as you do.’ is incorrect, give it a try.”
I decided, based on previous threads, that your mind was made up, so you wouldn’t be open to persuasion anyway, no matter what I said. Therefore I felt my time would be better spent elsewhere.
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For me, who’s only scratched the surface of English, it would be extremely interesting to hear natives’ analysis of the constructions similar to those. As I said, I would avoid using them giving preference to “She wears dresses as expensive as yours.” Simple and understandable. But what was wrong with the originals (if anything) you could only judge following your native ear…