He can run as fast as an ostrich (can run). This is comparing "He" with "an ostrich".He can run as fast as an ostrich.
What are the comparative elements in this sentence? What do you comare to what? Show me those two words(?), phrases(?), or clauses(?) in the sentence, please.
Thanks.
What about this:
He can run as fast as an ostrich can run fast.
What about this:
He can run as fast as an ostrich can run fast.
"He can run fast, as an ostrich can run fast" there is no real comparison, you are just stating that both "he" and "an ostrich" are capable of running fast.
But I did not write that. ;-)
He can run as fast as an ostrich can run fast. Isn't 'as ... as' a correlative conjunction like 'both ... and'?
What is compared then, IYO?
His running is being described (compared?) as being as fast as an ostrich.
And syntactically? as ... as is a correlative conjunction. Is it? It links parts of a sentence. What parts?
He can run (SCopV)
as fast as an ostrich (Complement: Adj. Phrase)
CopV? No. 'fast (=adverb)' describes the verb, not the subject. It does not say 'He is fast'. It say 'He ... runs.fast".