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Masayuki
tall / high
Is this sentence correct?
Mt. Everest is taller than Mt.Fuji.
can i use tall for Mountain when we compere mountain?
1 févr. 2019 01:07
Réponses · 5
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Native-speakers generally use 'high' to talk about mountains. 'Tall' to speak about people. But 'tall' also to speak about trees, and some buildings (especially if they are high and thin). We would ask "How tall is the Eiffel Tower?" rather than 'how high'.
Summary:
For mountains, usually 'high'.
For other objects, sometimes 'high', sometimes 'tall'.
For people, always 'tall'.
1 février 2019
2
'Higher' is probably more correct, but in everyday speech taller is absolutely fine - doesn't sound weird at all.
1 février 2019
1
no you should use high
it'd be mt.everst is higher than mt.fuji
tall for persons
1 février 2019
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1 février 2019
“ Tall “ is only for persons not for mountains or things,,so you should choose “ Higher “ to compare these two mountains!
Mt. Everest is higher than Mt. Fuji
1 février 2019
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Masayuki
Compétences linguistiques
Anglais, Japonais
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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