The same as vs The same that

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thesameas...

isusedtocomparetwothingsorconceptsthatareidenticalorsimilarinsomeway.

Doingajobwellisnotthesameasspendingalotoftimeonit.

Ithinkthesameasyoudoaboutthis.

Ididthesameashe. lesscommon/old-fashioned (didistakenasunderstoodandomitted)

Ididthesameashedid. morecommon

Ididthesameashim. mostcommonlyused/lessformal (notconsideredcorrectinformalwriting)

thesame+noun+as+noun/pronoun

Wewerestayingatthesamehotelasourparents.

Mynewcaristhesamemodelasmyoldone.

Yourjacketisthesamecolourasmine.

thesame+noun+that+clause

Weuse"thesame+noun+that+clause"torefertoaparticularnounpreviously mentionedandtointroduceaclausethatdescribesanactionorsituationrelatedtothat noun.Wecanoftenleaveoutthat,whoorwhich:

She’sthesameperson(that)IspoketowhenIphonedtheiroffice.

Isthisthesamecar(that)youhadwhenyouwereincollege?

Thatisthesameman(who)Imetyesterday.

WewerestayingatthesamehotelasEmilyandherhusband.

WewerestayingatthesamehotelthatEmilyandherhusbandhadstayedat fortheirhoneymoon.

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