Where should I put as they used to be?
Are both pattens equally common?
1. Boys are not as eager to study mathematics and science as they used to be.
2. Boys are not as eager as they used to be to study mathematics and science.
Those are both OK. If I had to guess which order was more common, I would say the first one.
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Those are both OK. If I had to guess which order was more common, I would say the first one.