9.60 contrasting objects and adjuncts

Note that if you want to contrast two different things affected by an action or two different factors or circumstances, you can put a new object or adjunct in the second clause, with the auxiliary or form of 'be'.

• Cook nettles exactly as you would spinach.
• You don't get as much bickering on a farm as you do in most jobs.
• People are not nearly so keen on the exhibiting side of things in Suffolk as they are in Yorkshire.
• No one liked being young then as they do now.

However, the main verb is sometimes repeated.

• Can't you at least treat me the way you treat regular clients?