2022-03-04 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – E - equal & equally as
2022-03-04
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – E - equal & equally as
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง equal = “EE-kwuhl”
ออกเสียง equally = “EE-kwuh-lee”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
equal
Like unique, perpendicular, and other words with absolute meaning,
equal should not be preceded by more or most
because it is not capable of comparison.
“More nearly equal” and “more equitable” are more acceptable
and precise expressions than “more equal”:
“The Governor sought a more nearly equal distribution of state funds.”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
equally as
The adverb equally is redundant (wordy)
when combined with as.
Omit equally in a statement such as
“Hard work is (equally) equal as valuable as ability.”
Delete as from a remark such as
“Equally (as) significant is one’s desire to improve his lot.”
Dictionary.com:
SYNONYM STUDY FOR EQUAL
Equal, Equivalent, Tantamount
imply a correspondence between two or more things.
Equal indicates a correspondence in all respects or in a particular respect:
A dime is equal to 10 cents (that is, in purchasing power).
Equivalent indicates a correspondence in one or more respects,
but not in all:
An egg is said to be the equivalent of a pound of meat in nutritive value.
Tantamount, a word of limited application, is used of immaterial things that are equivalent:
The prisoner's refusal to answer was tantamount to an admission of guilt.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Choose the Right Synonym for equal
Adjective
Same, Selfsame, Very, Identical, Equivalent, Equal
mean not different or not differing from one another.
Same may imply and Selfsame always implies that the things under consideration are one thing and not two or more things.
took the same route
derived from the selfsame source
Very, like Selfsame, may imply identity, or, like Same may imply likeness in kind.
the very point I was trying to make
Identical may imply selfsameness or suggest absolute agreement in all details.
identical results
Equivalent implies amounting to the same thing in worth or significance.
two houses equivalent in market value
Equal implies being identical in value, magnitude, or some specified quality.
equal shares in the business
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
e′qual·ly adv.
Usage Note:
It has been argued that equal is an absolute term
—two quantities either are or are not equal
—and hence cannot be qualified as to degree.
Therefore one cannot logically
speak of a more equal allocation of resources among the departments.
But this usage is fairly common,
and was acceptable to 71 percent of the Usage Panel as far back as 1967.
Objections to the more equal construction
assume that the mathematical notion of equality
is appropriate to the description of a world
where the equality of two quantities is often an approximate matter,
and where statements of equality are
always relative to an implicit standard of tolerance.
In The two boards are of equal length,
we assume that the equality is reckoned to some order of approximation
determined by the context;
if we did not,
we would be required always to use nearly equal
when speaking of the dimensions of physical objects.
What is more, we often speak of
the equality of things that cannot be measured quantitatively,
as in
The college draft was introduced in an effort to make the teams in the National Football League as equal as possible,
or The candidates for the job should all be given equal consideration.
In such cases,
equality is naturally a gradient notionand can be modified in degree.
This much is evident from the existence of the word unequal,
for the prefix un- attaches only to gradient adjectives.
We say unmanly but not unmale;
and the word uneven can be applied to a surface
(whose evenness may be a matter of degree)
but not to a number (whose evenness is an either/or affair).
· The adverb equally is often regarded as redundant
when used in combination with as,
as in
Experience is equally as valuable as theory
or Aptitude is essential; but equally as important is the desire to learn.
In our 2015 ballot, the example sentences above
were deemed unacceptable by 64 percent
and 53 percent of the Usage Panel respectively.
Even among those Panelists who rated the sentences as acceptable,
there were several who commented that
it would be preferable to avoid the redundancy for stylistic reasons.
Fortunately, one can easily streamline sentences such as these,
as by deleting equally from the first example and as from the second.
See Usage Notes at absolute, as1, center, perfect, unique.
Collins English Dictionary:
equally adv
Usage:
The use of more equal
as in
from now on their relationship will be a more equal one
is acceptable in modern English usage.
Equally is preferred to equally as in sentences
such as
reassuring the victims is equally important.
Just as is preferred to equally as in sentences
such as
their surprise was just as great as his
Collins COBUID English Dictionary:
e•qual•ly (ˈi kwə li)
adv.
1. in an equal or identical manner:
to treat rich and poor equally.
2. to an equal degree or extent.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary:
equally
You use equally in front of an adjective
to say that a person or thing has as much of a quality
as someone or something else that has been mentioned.
He was a superb pianist. Irene was equally brilliant.
Be Careful!
Don't use 'equally' in front of as when making a comparison.
Don't say, for example, 'He is equally as tall as his brother'.
You say 'He is just as tall as his brother'.
Severe sunburn is just as dangerous as a heat burn.
He was just as shocked as I was.
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