Zakaj v prvem weighni s, v drugem pa s?
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Rebecca
To je dobro vprašanje. To lahko razdelimo na dva dela: she can't weigh less than mein or look like she weighs less than me. Vendar ne pozabite, da morata biti can'tin cannotpred glagolom, ki mora biti krožen. Zato pred prvim weighsledi can't! Primer: She can't swim. (Ne more plavati.) Primer: He can't run. (Ne more teči.) Po drugi strani pa drugi weighni pomožni glagol can't, temveč kombinacija z look like, subjekt pa je tudi v tretji osebi ednina, heali she, zato uporabljamo besedo weighs. Primer: She weighs 100 pounds. (tehta približno 45 kilogramov) Primer: He weighs less than 200 pounds. (tehta manj kot 90 kilogramov)