Question

Change the following sentence into positive degree,

"It is easier to preach than to practice."

• A. It is not so easy to practice as to preach.
• B. Do you find easier to preach than to practice?
• C. To practise is not so good as to preach.
• D. To preach is as good as to practice.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. It is not so easy to practice as to preach.

• The positive degree of comparison is used to show that two things are equal or not equal without using comparative words like easier, better, taller, etc.

• The given sentence is in the comparative degree ("easier").

• To change it into the positive degree, we use the structure:
  "not so/as + adjective + as"