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michael.westphal@prettl.com - 30 Mar 2007 08:01 GMT

Hello English speaking folks,

I need your help again!
I wanted to express that something is the same or is equal in
comparison with an other thing.
E.g. a situation in one town is the same as in an other town.

Is this correct:

Now we get the same situation like in Berlin.

We get as a situation as in Berlin.

Or:

It is the same as in Berlin.

It is the same like in the animals world - the stronger will win.

It is the same in the animal world ....

Or how should I construct my sentence?

Many thanks in advance!

Blendy

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Troy Steadman - 30 Mar 2007 08:30 GMT

On 30 Mar, 08:01, michael.westp...@prettl.com wrote:

> Hello English speaking folks,
>
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>
> Now we get the same situation like in Berlin.

depending on context:

"We have the same situation as they do in Berlin"
"You have the same situation as we do in Berlin"

etc

> We get as a situation as in Berlin.
>
> Or:
>
> It is the same as in Berlin.

This is correct.

> It is the same like in the animals world - the stronger will win.
>
> It is the same in the animal world ....

"It is the same in the animal world - the stronger usually win".

> Or how should I construct my sentence?
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> Blendy

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Lars Eighner - 30 Mar 2007 09:49 GMT

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broadcast on alt.usage.english:

> Hello English speaking folks,

> I need your help again!
> I wanted to express that something is the same or is equal in
> comparison with an other thing.
> E.g. a situation in one town is the same as in an other town.

> Is this correct:

> Now we get the same situation like in Berlin.

No.

Now we get the same situation as (that) in Berlin.

> We get as a situation as in Berlin.

No.

We get a situation like (that) in Berlin.

> Or:

> It is the same as in Berlin.

Ok.

> It is the same like in the animals world - the stronger will win.

No.

It is the same as in the animal world - the stronger will win.
It is like the animal world - the stronger will win.
It is as in the animal world - the stronger will win.

> It is the same in the animal world ....

> Or how should I construct my sentence?

> Many thanks in advance!

> Blendy

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Wayne Brown - 30 Mar 2007 11:43 GMT

> Hello English speaking folks,
>
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>
> We get as a situation as in Berlin.

[...]

Comparisons:

Nun haben wir die gleiche Situation in Buxtehude wie in Berlin.
Now we've got the same situation in Buxtehude as in Berlin.

Das Schulproblem in Buxtehude ist viel komplizierter als in Berlin.
The school problem in Buxtehude is much more complicated than in Berlin.

Das Schulproblem in Buxtehude ist genauso kompliziert wie in Berlin.
The school problem in Buxtehude is just as complicated as in Berlin.

Nun ist die Situation in Buxtehude genauso verworren wie in Berlin.
Now the situation in Buxtehude is just as muddled as in Berlin.

[*It is the same like in the animals world - the stronger will win.*]

Es ist genau wie in der Tierwelt: der Stärkere wird obsiegen.
It's exactly as in the animal kingdom: the strongest will win.
or
It's just like in the animal kingdom: the strongest will come out on
top.

In English, I prefer using the superlative (strongest). Perhaps I'm
under the influence of the superlative in the English expression
"survival of fittest," "Überleben der Tauglichsten."

Regards, ----- WB.

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