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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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Civilization slipped into its second dark age on an unsurprising track of blood, but with a speed that could not have been foreseen by even the most pessimistic futurist. It was as if it had been waiting to go. On October 1, God was in His heaven, the stock market stood at 10,140, and most of the planes were on time (except for those landing and taking off in Chicago, and that was to be expected). Two weeks later the skies belonged to the birds again and the stock market was a memory. By Halloween, every major city from New York to Moscow stank to the empty havens and the world as it had been was a memory.
<The preface of "CELL" by Stephen King>
I think "and the world as it had been was a memory" is the new clause.
If so, I'd like to know "was" is omitted before "as" and "as" plays the role of "as if."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon I think "and the world as it had been was a memory" is the new clause. It is a new clause. " No.

— CalifJim

  • park sang joon I think "and the world as it had been was a memory" is the new clause.
  • It is a new clause.
  • " No.
  • I think you've got the wrong end of the stick.
  • the world (as it had been) ~ the world (as it used to be) ~ the world (in the way everyone remembered it) [subject of the clause] was a memory ~ no longer existed [predicate of the clause] In other words, the world had completely changed.
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park sang joonI think "and the world as it had been was a memory" is the new clause.
It is a new clause.
park sang joonIf so, I'd like to know "was" is omitted before "as" and "as" plays the role of "as if."
No. I think you've got the wrong end of the stick.

the world (as it had been) ~ the world (as it used to be)
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