To compare people, places, events or things, when there is no difference
Using: as + adjective/adverb + as
Examples
- Peter is 24 years old. John is 24 years old. Peter is as old as John.
- Moscow is as cold as St. Petersburg in the winter.
- Ramona is as happy as Raphael.
- Einstein is as famous as Darwin.
- A tiger is as dangerous as a lion.
- My brother and I both play the piano but I don’t play as well as he does.
We also use the same as to show that two things are the same. In a positive sentence we often use just to emphasize that the two things are the same.
- Tom’s weight is the same as Bob’s weight.
- Tom is just the same weight as Bob.
- The atmosphere in this restaurant is just the same as it is in Japan
- This restaurant has the same atmosphere as a sushi restaurant in Japan.
- Today’s cold temperature is the same as it was yesterday.
- Today, we have just the same weather as we had yesterday.