Why are ってのは/というのは used here? How is it different from just は? 1. 彼女が空を飛べるというのはわかっているのだが…… 2.「ただまあ、彼はまさにいま人生を棒に振っちゃってるわけでして」 刑事はしゃがみ込む。目を細めて柱を見ている。 「そこまでして会いたい子がいるってのは、私なんかにゃ、なんだか羨ましい気もしますな」 3. 「どうしたんだ、今日は。もう検査とかってのは終わったのか？」 Hi. I have three examples of というのは here. I’m not sure why they are used in these situations and how they are different from just は. Could you please explain it in detail? Thank you.

Does the underlined part mean no little girl sounded more scared than Brienne? “Your Gr—no!” cried Brienne the Blue when she saw that evil flow, _sounding as scared as any little girl._ Excerpt From A Clash of Kings Hi. Does the underlined part mean no little girl sounded more scared than Brienne? Thank you.

as black a pirate as? Euron. Crow’s Eye, they call him, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail. Hi. I know this sentence is equivalent to “Euron is as black as any other pirate who has ever raised a sail”, which means he is as black as the blackest/he is one of the blackest pirate. But I wonder why it has a superlative meaning here? Why we can’t just interpret it as “pirates are generally black/evil. So is Euron”? Thank you.

Hi. I wonder if both sentences can be interpreted in the same way? 1. His eyelashes were as long as any woman’s. 2. She steers a ship as well as any man and has a pretty face. Excerpt From A Dance with Dragons George R.R. Martin Hi. I wonder if both sentences can be interpreted in the same way? Namely, for the first sentence, his eyelashes were on a par with the longest woman’s eyelashes. Or no woman’s eyelashes were longer than his. For the second, no man steers a ship better than her, though there maybe men steer a ship equally well as her. Thank you.

How does “shift his grip” look like? He could not have said when the devotions ended. Perhaps he slept, still standing. When the devout had filed out, the Great Sept grew still once more. The candles were a wall of stars burning in the darkness, though the air was rank with death. Jaime shifted his grip upon the golden greatsword. (A Feast for Crows) Hi. Jamie has only one hand so I don’t understand how he can shift his grip. How does “shift his grip” look like when he has only one hand? Thank you.

Though only seventeen, he _might have_ passed for seventy On the benches, their uncle Kevan knelt with his shoulders slumped, his son beside him. Lancel looks worse than Father. Though only seventeen, he _might have_ passed for seventy; grey-faced, gaunt, with hollow cheeks, sunken eyes, and hair as white and brittle as chalk. (A Feast for Crows) Yet the men who sat in them seemed so listless and world-weary that they _might have_ been asleep. (A Clash of Kings) Hi. Does the two “might have”s share the same usage (underlined part) since both of them refer to certain resemblance? Thank you.

than he might have cared to know? We are bound for Duskendale, m’lady,” Longbough told her, as he pulled apart his own trout with his fingers. “You would do well to ride with us. The roads are perilous.” Brienne could have told him more about the perils of the roads than he _might have_ cared to know. Hi. Could you please explain what “might have” means here? Thank you.

A young septon galloped past upon a palfrey as fine as any lord’s, ... A young septon galloped past upon a palfrey as fine as any lord’s, ... Hi. Does this sentence mean no other lord’s horse is finer than the young septon’s palfrey? Thank you.