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When a
WH-interrogative word (beginning with Í e is followed by a verb
+ oo, followed by the equivalent Ç a-word plus a verb, the
meaning is `A is equal to B' or `B is neither more nor less than A.' It
therefore functions as a COMPARATIVE system between two sentences or
phrases.
Haorld_F.Schiffman