Hello folks,

This week we’re taking a look at the correlative conjunction as…as vs. than in comparative constructions. I’ve reviewed the German use of als vs. wie because I’m pretty sure that’s where errors in the use of as…as vs. than have their genesis.

In this week’s podcast I said I’d give you a link to the now retired After Deadline blog from The New York Times.

If you are a school teacher and looking for some pretty simple classroom examples you can use, check out units 105-107 of Raymond Murphy’s English Grammar in Use.