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Somethingsimple Posted 20 years ago
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Article with "as equivalent to"

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11font10Mr. Springsteen, 47, known to rock devotees from New Jersey to Jakarta as the Boss, was accepting the 1997 Polar Music Prize, an accolade for musicians billed as equivalent to a Nobel Prize, Reuters reported. 12font12br
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10Can we use "an" with "equivalent" here is we meant it as a noun rather than an adjective?02br
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0i think it is possible. if "as" is preposition instead in that sentence, it is used to describe the purpose or quality of someone or something. 0-

— Welkins2139

  • 0i think it is possible.
  • if "as" is preposition instead in that sentence, it is used to describe the purpose or quality of someone or something.
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0i think it is possible. if "as" is preposition instead in that sentence, it is used to describe the purpose or quality of someone or something. 0-
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0 "Polar Music Prize, an accolade billed as equivalent to a Nobel Prize" may be rewritten as "Polar Music Prize, an accolade which is billed as (a prize) equivalent to a Nobel Prize". The complement (C) of the construct "bill O as C" is commonly a noun phrase, but in this case an adjective "equivalent" sounds natural, because we can easily know "a prize" is intentionally omitted.02br
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0well, actually, i meant this modification:01blockquote
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11font10Mr. Springsteen, 47, known to rock devotees from New Jersey to Jakarta as the Boss, was accepting the 1997 Polar Music Prize, an accolade for musicians billed 11b11u10as an equivalent12u12b10 to a Nobel Prize, Reuters reporte
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0 Hello 02br
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00I think you version is better, because "bill something as " is commonly followed by a noun or a noun phrase.02br
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