Advanced Comparison

• Expressing sophisticated degrees of equality, difference, and proportion is vital in executive discussions when scaling companies like those in Austin or London.
• Structure
• Function
• Example
• every bit as…
• Absolute equality
• Our new branch in Chicago is every bit as profitable as the one in Boston.
• nowhere near as…
• Significant inferiority
• This local startup is nowhere near as advanced as the enterprise in Seattle.
• a far cry from…
• Complete contrast
• Our current structure in Manchester is a far cry from the tiny garage in Bristol.
• more of a… than a…
• Reclassification
• The new hire is more of a bureaucratic manager than a hands-on engineer.
• twice the size of
• Proportional scale
• The newly leased office in Dallas is twice the size of our facility in Austin.
• Remember
• Use 'every bit as' with an adjective or adverb to emphasize complete equality.
• Use 'nowhere near as' to state that something falls significantly short in comparison.
• Use 'a far cry from' to highlight a massive difference between past and present situations.
• Use 'more of a... than a...' to correct assumptions about a role or entity.
• Examples
• Our firm in Denver is every bit as competitive as the agency in New York.
• Today's corporation is a far cry from the modest shop we launched in Oxford.
• That department is more of a hindrance than an asset during expansion.
• Common mistakes
• The office is every bit large as the warehouse.
• The office is every bit as large as the warehouse.
• This is nowhere near larger than that.
• This is nowhere near as large as that.

Complete the sentences

• Our headquarters in Atlanta is (every bit as) ____ efficient as the office in Chicago.
• The current market in Boston is (nowhere near as) ____ stable as it was last year.
• Our new venture in Seattle is (a far cry from) ____ the struggling firm we bought in Portland.
• He acted (more of a) ____ dictator than a collaborative leader in Dallas.
• The new facility in Austin is (twice the size of) ____ our old studio in Bristol.
• That strategy was (every bit as) ____ risky as the previous one in London.

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