Lemon
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Hello, I just found the sentence below on a book (source: Hackers TEPS vocabulary)
"The rates for hotels are usually higher the closer they are to the beach."
I think the sentence above seems to have the same meaning of the sentence 'The closer hotels are to the beach, the higher the rates for hotels are" but the structure of the question sentence (The rates for hotels are usually higher the closer they are to the beach) has only one 'the + comparative'. (compare to - 'The more adventurous it is, the more I like it.' (<- it has two 'the + comparative' ('the more adventurous' and 'the more')
Can I understand this structure is a rare case of 'the comparative, the comparative'?
Please let me know the rule of this structure of the sentence (The rates for hotels are usually higher the closer they are to the beach - one 'the + comparative' with no conjunction)
"The rates for hotels are usually higher the closer they are to the beach."
I think the sentence above seems to have the same meaning of the sentence 'The closer hotels are to the beach, the higher the rates for hotels are" but the structure of the question sentence (The rates for hotels are usually higher the closer they are to the beach) has only one 'the + comparative'. (compare to - 'The more adventurous it is, the more I like it.' (<- it has two 'the + comparative' ('the more adventurous' and 'the more')
Can I understand this structure is a rare case of 'the comparative, the comparative'?
Please let me know the rule of this structure of the sentence (The rates for hotels are usually higher the closer they are to the beach - one 'the + comparative' with no conjunction)