A thread to ask and answer questions about grammar points in the 新完全マスター N4 book.
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Page 33.
Consider ～より vs ～より～のほう and the following two sentences
このアパートは前のアパートよりべんりです．
Can this be restated as
このアパートのほうが前のアパートよりべんりです．
I’d translate both of these as “This apartment is more convenient than the last apartment.”
Am I missing something subtle or are the two functionally identical?
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Yeah, I’d say they’re basically the same.
Just a different way to construct the sentence, maybe what you’re giving focus to.
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Oh, forgot to mention.
It’s usually 前のアパートよりこのアパートの方が便利です。
So you’re saying compared to A, B is better.
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Thanks!
Yeah, Genki actually calls that out in a footnote saying quote, “In real life, the phrases Aのほうが and Bより often appear in reverse order”
新幹線マスター has three samples, two of which use より before the のほうが clause.
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At least it’s faster than 普通電車マスター 
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lol, you got me. I’ll just leave that there so other people can have a laugh also.
At least I got the thread’s topic title correct.
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Thanks - it worked well 
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