Timeline for Can I use [自称]{じしょう}ほど for things other than namesake?
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| Feb 1, 2012 at 15:18 | comment | added | Tsuyoshi Ito | @syockit: In addition, the use of ない is related to ほど; AほどBない is a common pattern which means “not as B as A.” | |
| Feb 1, 2012 at 14:10 | comment | added | Tsuyoshi Ito | @syockit: 自称 is not always used as a prefix to a noun (as you correctly suspected). 自称ほど may make sense in certain context, although the best example I managed to come up with sounds still awkward: 彼は音楽家を自称しているが、自称ほど音楽のことを知っているわけではない。 (音楽家を名乗るほど sounds much more natural than 自称ほど in this sentence.) The reason the two sentences are incorrect is because of the meaning, not the grammatical usage. | |
| Feb 1, 2012 at 4:33 | comment | added | syockit | You're right; I think the correct one was 自称+名詞+ほど. I've confused the usage. And even if the 名詞 is to be omitted, there must be a claim/self-styling previously, to which this 自称 refers to, and seems to always be followed with modifier+ものはない。 | |
| Feb 1, 2012 at 4:24 | vote | accept | syockit | ||
| Jan 31, 2012 at 23:36 | history | answered | Tsuyoshi Ito | CC BY-SA 3.0 |