COMPARATIVE DELETIONS Back to Meta Model diagram (click)
The Meta Model looks at the language patterns we make, which are made at the surface level (click to read) to recover the deleted information.
Often in communication statements are made where an item or state is compared to another, the item being used in the comparison is not mentioned, it can be called a Null Comparative or Comparative Deletion.
“Loose twice as much weight, twice as fast.”
could be seen in advertisements. What are they comparing too?
“The weather is too hot.”
Compared to where? What are they comparing the heat too, the North Pole or Saudi Arabia deserts.
The NLP Practitioner will challenge the Comparative Deletion by such questions as:-
“Twice as much as what?”
“Twice as fast as what?”
“It is too hot compared to where?”