Tanto...Quanto vs Tanto...Che — Comparison or Consequence? — Consecutive Clauses — Proposizioni Consecutive (B2)

Consecutive Clauses — Proposizioni Consecutive·Tanto...Quanto vs Tanto...Che — Comparison or Consequence?

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Rule reminder

'Tanto...quanto' expresses comparison (as much...as): 'Studia tanto quanto lavora'. 'Tanto...che' (or 'così...che') expresses a result/consequence: 'Studia tanto che non dorme'. The two structures are formally similar but semantically distinct.

Tanto...Quanto vs Tanto...Che — Comparison or Consequence?1 / 10

Ama la musica tanto _____ la pittura — entrambe le arti la appassionano.