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HSS Posted 19 years ago
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A Is to B What C Is to D
0 Hello. 02 br
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00 [1] Exercise is to the body what reading is to the mind. 02 br
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00 Is this an inverted construct of "Exercise is what reading is to the mind to the body" on account of "what reading is to the mind" being long? 01 blockquote
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00 [1] Exercise is to the body what reading is to the mind. 02 br
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00 Is this an inverted construct of "Exercise is what reading is to the mind to the body" on account of "what reading is to the mind" being long? 01 blockquote
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0 01 font 00 >Exercise is what reading is to the mind to the body" 02 br 02 br 00 No, it means: 02 br 02 br 00 the relationship between A and B 02 br 01 b 00 is of the same type as 02 b 02 br 00 the relationship between C and D 02 br 02 font 00 0-
- 0 01 font 00 >Exercise is what reading is to the mind to the body" 02 br 02 br 00 No, it means: 02 br 02 br 00 the relationship between A and B 02 br 01 b 00 is of the same type as 02 b 02 br 00 the relationship between C and D 02 br 02 font 00 0-
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0 01 font 00 >Exercise is what reading is to the mind to the body" 02 br
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00 No, it means: 02 br
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00 No, it means: 02 br
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0 Exercise is to the body what reading is to the mind. 02 br
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00 Then what part of speech is "what" in the sentence? I thought it was a relative pronoun .... Is it a conjunction since it is interchangeable with "as," which is a conjunction there? 02 br
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00 Best, 02 br
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00 Then what part of speech is "what" in the sentence? I thought it was a relative pronoun .... Is it a conjunction since it is interchangeable with "as," which is a conjunction there? 02 br
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0 Anyone please help. 01 blockquote
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 I suggest that an alternate way to put this is to say 01 font 00 A is to B 01 b 00 as 02 b 00 C is to D. 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 Exercise is to the body 01 b 00 as 02 b 00 reading is to the mind. 02 font 02 br
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00 I suggest that an alternate way to put this is to say 01 font 00 A is to B 01 b 00 as 02 b 00 C is to D. 02 font 02 br
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0 Hi, Clive. 02 br
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00 Thanks, but what part of speech do you think 'what' is? Conjunction or relative pronoun? What do you think? 02 br
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00 My best, 02 br
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00 Thanks, but what part of speech do you think 'what' is? Conjunction or relative pronoun? What do you think? 02 br
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0 Then you may think it is a relative adverb or something? 02 br
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 Seems like a pronoun to me. 02 br
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00 Seems like a pronoun to me. 02 br
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