i think you're confusing “above” and “below”.



i'm not sure why you are trying to break up the sentence like this, but, no, this is not a legitimate way to break up the sentence.

if you have "N times as ADJ/ADV...", then the adjective/adverb is a fundamental part of the sentence; you can't take it out. for instance, the sentence I am twice as tall as my cousin is based on the simpler sentence I am tall; you can't take the "tall" out of this sentence.

on another note, your attempt to break up the sentence in this way suggests that you aren't thinking about what it means; it's almost as though you're treating it as some sort of mathematical equation with meaningless parts. not good! you always have to think about what the sentence means. here, if you do, you'll realize that this is not a legitimate transformation.



i'm sorry, but i am lost here. what are the "first part" and "second part" that you're referring to here?
are you referring to the first and second parts of the actual, correct sentence?
or are you referring to the two parts you wrote above (which aren't legitimate constructions)?



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