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Mr-Spark Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

A baffling question.

Few people have.....influenced my life ...........my new girlfriend has.
a ) so / as
b) as / as

Which one do you suggest ? Or a better one ...
  

Top answer

Of your choices, a. so influenced my life" sound rather literary. "Few people have had as much influence on my life as my girlfriend [has]" is more natural - and the [has] is optional.

— BarbaraPA

  • Of your choices, a.
  • so influenced my life" sound rather literary.
  • "Few people have had as much influence on my life as my girlfriend [has]" is more natural - and the [has] is optional.
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Of your choices, a.

But "...so influenced my life" sound rather literary.

"Few people have had as much influence on my life as my girlfriend [has]" is more natural - and the [has] is optional.
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Few people have as influenced my life.
As sounds very bad here
thus definitely not b).

Now,
Few people have as much influenced my life (as ...)
sounds better
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I'd agree that B is wrong and A has a rather mannered sound.

This would be the usual phrase:

"Few people have influenced my life as much as my new girlfriend has."

MrP
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