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A few days ago, I asked a similar question in here.
After that, I found a new question.
(a) "The computer is no less important an invention than the engine."
The sentence is rewritten as:
(b) "The computer is as important an invention as the engine."
in (b), the first "as" agrees with "important", so "important" comes in front of "an invention".
I understood that.
But I doubt "no less" in (a) is same way to use as the first "as" in (b).
If both are same as an adverb, I can understand the sentence (a) is correct unquestionably.
Is my conjecture correct?
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>>17686955
What
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get your school words outta here and talk regular
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Oops
I conjecture that "no less" is used like as "as" in these sentences.
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>>17687001
You're no wrong.
But statement B states the inventions are equally important, why statement A states that the computer may or may not be more important.
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>>17687044
I learned below:
"A is less - than B" means A<B
"A is not less - than B" means A>B or A=B
"A is no less - than B" means A=B
"A is as - as B" means A=B
So I think that statement A has same meaning as statement B.
Or does they have different meanings in the strict sense?
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