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C1-C2 Advanced Comparatives

This document discusses advanced comparative structures in English. It provides examples of comparative phrases like 'not anywhere near as...', 'nothing like as...', and 'not nearly as...' that indicate something is much less than or not at all like something being compared.

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C1-C2 Advanced Comparatives

This document discusses advanced comparative structures in English. It provides examples of comparative phrases like 'not anywhere near as...', 'nothing like as...', and 'not nearly as...' that indicate something is much less than or not at all like something being compared.

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C1 Advanced

ADVANCED
COMPARATIVES
not anything near
not anywhere near
nowhere near
not in any way
in no way
not anything like
nothing like
not at all
not nearly
not quite
Examples
not anything near : not at all, not in any way
 I wasn't expecting anything near as good as this.
not anywhere/ nowhere near as...as : not nearly /very much less
 He's nowhere near as popular as he used to be.
not in any way / in no way as...as: not at all
 This second match was in no way as exciting as the first.
not anything like as...as: not at all /not nearly
 The exam wasn’t anything like as hard as I expected.
nothing like as...as : not at all /not nearly
 Iron is nothing like as hard as diamond.
not at all as...as : definitely not
 Fitting a floor is not at all as hard as it may seem.
not nearly as...as : much less than ; not at all
 It's not nearly as late as I thought it was.
not quite as...as : not completely
 The weather was not quite as nice as on our two previous trips.

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