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Myat's avatar

This can be a good math exercise. XD

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Bunsuke's avatar

Haha it looks like it checks out…;)

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Tom's avatar

Interesting use of ほど!

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Bunsuke's avatar

Which other usages of ほど do you know?

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Tom's avatar

oh well, according to grammar points I got on the net, i thought of ほど as some sort of degree, comparatively, like " A as~as B" or "A not as~ as B". This one has no B, and is like くらい( I knew this after some research), but it's the first time I saw it.

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Bunsuke's avatar

I see! Yes, ほど is very versatile, so there's a lot to remember. Fortunately, the context helps us a bit.

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