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<正> 1. IntroductionAs and than, when used to introduce clauses of comparison, are generally regarded as subordinating conjunctions. As is often used as a correlative to as in the construction as ... as, than is often used as a correlative to more or less in the construe-tion more / less ...than.Adverbial clauses of comparison introduced by as and than seldom appear in their full clause forms. More often we employ simpler constructions, with some elements in the adverbial clauses omitted