Question

关于这个省略句John plays football as well as,if not better than,David

如果把than也省略,那么还对么.

Answer 1

这句话原来是这样说的：
If John plays football not better than David, John plays football as well as David.
也就是说：
如果说John踢球不如David好，那么John踢球（起码）跟David一样好。
不能省略than的。

追问

tom's composition,if not better,is at least as good as jack's. 这个为什省了,

追答

还是不应该省，因为这是比较级的。
John plays football ____ ，if not better than， David．（NMET94：1994年的高考题：答案是C）
A．as well B．as well as C．so well D．so well as

Answer 2

把“If”改为“but”