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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Are we missing a word?

Are we missing a word?

Seeing how it'll cost the same as the iPhone 4S....

Here is the definition.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/seeing-that?q=seeing
  

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Anonymous Are we missing a word? no What word did you think might be missing? Seeing how it'll cost the same as the iPhone 4S....

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  • Anonymous Are we missing a word?
  • no What word did you think might be missing?
  • Seeing how it'll cost the same as the iPhone 4S....
  • I would say 'Seeing how it'll cost as much as ......
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AnonymousAre we missing a word? no
What word did you think might be missing?
Seeing how it'll cost the same as the iPhone 4S....I would say 'Seeing how it'll cost as much as......
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Seeing as how it'll cost the same as the iPhone 4S
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AnonymousSeeing as how it'll cost the same as the iPhone 4S
No, the first "as" is not needed.
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AnonymousSeeing as how it'll cost the same as the iPhone 4S
No, using both how and as here is wrong. It’s either seeing as or seeing how.
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Not according to the dictionary seeing as how is a possibility according to them.
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AnonymousNot according to the dictionary seeing as how is a possibility according to them.
I just did some searching and found that the phrase is fairly common, so I might have jumped the gun a bit earlier. My grammar automatically rejected it because I usually hear either seeing as or seeing how, but I suppose the as-how combinatio
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But our point that "as" is not necessary.still stands, regardless of the fact that it may often be included.
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Of course it isn’t necessary, and I still don’t advise including it.
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