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Sentence #21863

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Swift Swift December 1, 2010 December 1, 2010 at 8:08:04 PM UTC link Permalink

@NNC: The explicit comparison "as go out" feels a bit odd. I'd furthermore rather use "might as well" but that may just be me.

Shiawase Shiawase June 1, 2011 June 1, 2011 at 2:55:37 PM UTC link Permalink

--responding to @needs native check--
"You may as well" sounds ok to me. Perhaps a little old fashioned (or maybe British although I'm not entirely sure, the dictionary doesn't mark it as such).
I think both "may as well" and "might as well" often drop the whole "as....do something" clause. especially in a sentence as short as this.
So I would say "You may as well stay home"

The Japanese however seems more
"It's better to stay at home than go out" a comparison rather than a suggestion or a statement than two actions are the same.

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You may as well stay at home as go out.

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It is better to stay in than go out.

edited by Shiawase, June 1, 2011

linked by Alois, December 23, 2011

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