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A structure

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Dear teacher,

The higher you rise and the better sequestered you are from the "unwashed masses," the smaller and dirtier the average Joe must begin to seem. Other human beings become our germs.

Q : I believe the structure is "The higher......and the better..... ,the smaller and dirtier....."isn't it? I think "A , B ,and C" is a usual structure, but the case is unusual.



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You seem to have correctly understood the sentence and its structure.
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