Comparative turnover

Comparative turnover is a part of a sentence that characterizes objects, actions, attributes in a figurative way by comparing them with other objects, actions, signs. It is introduced into the sentence with the help of comparative unions like, exactly, that, as if, like, etc.

In the sentence, the comparative turnover is one member of the sentence and basically performs the syntactic role of the circumstances of the mode of action. For example: And the sparrows, as if from behind the scenes, fell in a flock of millet .

Note! It is necessary to distinguish between simple sentences with comparative turnover and complex sentences, in which the comparative part is joined by alliances as if, as if . For example: I remember how you opened the door to your room quietly ... In this sentence, the part " how did you open the door to your room quietly " has the grammatical basis of " you opened ", which means it is a proposal, not a turn.

The comparative turnover in oral speech is distinguished by intonation, and in written - by commas. If the turnover is in the middle of the sentence, then commas are placed on both sides. Compare:

1. I love the sun, the mother's smile.
2. Like the sun, I love my mother's smile.
3. I love my mother's smile, like the sun.

In the sentence, always distinguish turns that begin with and . Also allocate turns with as , provided that They are preceded by words like this, and similar ones, for example: Most children, like adults, like movies; A new article by this author is as interesting and informative as all the others.

They put the comma in front of both in the following turns: nothing more than or none other than. For example: For a split second it seemed that it was none other than his own brother, he decided to play a trick on him.

In addition, commas are allocated such comparative turns, which begin with conjunctions as if, as if, as if, exactly, that, rather than etc .. For example: Looks, as if hypnotizing ... The moon rose scowling and purple, like a sick person. ..; It is much better to disperse before feeling sorry for later.

The comparative turnover is not allocated by commas in such cases:

- If it is part of a compound predicate. In this case, you can put a dash. For example: A child is like a golden sun .

- If in the back to the forefront The meaning of the circumstance (more often the mode of action that answers the question How? ). Such turns with   Usually can be replaced by an adverb or a noun in the instrumental case, for example: As the streams flowed tears ( cf .: flowed streams).

- If before the comparative turnover there are adverbs almost, absolutely . For example: The guys have already talked almost like adults.

- If the turnover is part of the phraseological turnover ( to be afraid of fire, it pours like a bucket , etc.). For example: It smelled of sulfur, burned, and the rain was poured from the bucket.

Note! It is not necessary to confuse the comparative speed with the application with a word like that on the letter is mostly not comma-delimited. For example, in the sentence: Pushkin as a poet, known throughout the world - the expression " as a poet " is an appendix, not a turn (in this sentence Pushkin can not be compared with a poet, because he is a poet, we are talking about the fact that Pushkin is famous In the whole world as a poet).