Comparative turnover
Comparative turnover is part of the proposal,which figuratively characterizes objects, actions, signs by comparing them with other objects, actions, signs. It is introduced into the proposal with the help of comparative unions how, exactly, that, as if, like, than etc.
In the sentence, the comparative turnover is one member of the proposal and basically performs the syntactic role of the circumstances of the mode of action. For example: And the sparrows, as if from behind the scenes, fell in a flock of millet.
Note! It is necessary to distinguish between simple sentences with comparative turnover and complex sentences, in which the comparative part is joined by unions as if, as if. For example: I remember opening the door to your room quietly ... In this sentence, part "how did you open the door to your room"Has a grammatical basis"you opened", Which means that it is a proposal, not a turn.
The comparative turnover in oral speech is distinguished by intonation, and in written - by commas. If the turnover is in the middle of the sentence, then commas are placed on both sides. Compare:
- I love, like the sun, a mother's smile.
- Like the sun, I love my mother's smile.
- I love my mother's smile, like the sun.
In the proposal, there are always highlights that begin with as well as. Also allocate turnovers from as, provided that they are preceded by words such, so and the like, for example: Most children, like adults, like movies; A new article by this author is as interesting and informative as all the others.
The comma is put before as in the following turns: is nothing other than or none other than. For example: For a split second it seemed that it was none other than his own brother, he decided to play a trick on him.
In addition, commas are allocated such comparative turns, which are initiated by unions as if, like, than, as if, exactly, that, rather than etc .. For example: He looks, as if hypnotizing ... The moon rose gloomy and purple, as if sick ...; It is much better to disperse before feeling sorry for later.
The comparative turnover is not allocated by commas in such cases:
- If it is part of a compound predicate. In this case, you can put a dash. For example: A child is like a golden sun.
- If in the back to the forefront the meaning of the circumstance (more often the mode of action that answers the question How?). Such turnover with as usually can be replaced by an adverb or a noun in the instrumental case, for example: As the streams flowed tears (cf.: flowed streams).
- If before the comparative turnover there are adverbs almost, absolutely. For example: The guys already talked almost like adults.
- If the turnover is part of phraseological turnover (be afraid of fire, pour like a bucket etc.). For example: It smelled of sulfur, burned, and it poured down like a bucket.
Note! Do not confuse the comparative speed with the application with the word as, which is not marked out in the main with a comma. For example, in the sentence: Pushkin as a poet, known throughout the world - expression "as a poet"Is an appendix, and not a turn-around (in this sentence Pushkin does not compare with the poet, because he is a poet, it is a question of how Pushkin is known throughout the world as a poet).
