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Believer Posted 18 years ago
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00 I have difficulty with the use of the word 'as'. Please help. I think 'so' in the following examples below can be said to be similar or possibly alike with 'than' in its working. 02 br
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00 Find a man who was not born in the same country as you. -- Here, I think placing 'are' after 'you' isn't correct as in 'you are'. why?? 02 br
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00 Find a man who plays volleyball as good as you. -- Here I think you can write 'as you do'. Why?? 02 br
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00 John is as tall as Joe. -- Can I write it as 'John is as tall as Joe is'?? 02 br
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00 As tall as he is, he still manages to do crawl under the bed as facile as a six-year old. -- I think,here, 'as he is' is correct and shouldn't be 'as tall as he' without 'is'. 0-
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00 I have difficulty with the use of the word 'as'. Please help. I think 'so' in the following examples below can be said to be similar or possibly alike with 'than' in its working. 02 br
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00 Find a man who was not born in the same country as you. -- Here, I think placing 'are' after 'you' isn't correct as in 'you are'. why?? 02 br
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00 Find a man who plays volleyball as good as you. -- Here I think you can write 'as you do'. Why?? 02 br
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00 John is as tall as Joe. -- Can I write it as 'John is as tall as Joe is'?? 02 br
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00 As tall as he is, he still manages to do crawl under the bed as facile as a six-year old. -- I think,here, 'as he is' is correct and shouldn't be 'as tall as he' without 'is'. 0-
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1 blockquote 01 cite 10 Believer 12 cite 12 br 10 Hi, 12 br 12 br 10 I have difficulty with the use of the word 'as'. Please help. 12 br 12 br 10 Find a man who was not born in the same country as you.
- 1 blockquote 01 cite 10 Believer 12 cite 12 br 10 Hi, 12 br 12 br 10 I have difficulty with the use of the word 'as'.
- Please help.
- 12 br 12 br 10 Find a man who was not born in the same country as you.
- -- Here, I think placing 'are' after 'you' isn't correct as in 'you are'.
- why??
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01 cite 10 Believer 12 cite 12 br
10 Hi, 12 br
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10 I have difficulty with the use of the word 'as'. Please help. I think 'so' in the following examples below can be said to be similar or possibly alike with 'than' in its working. 12 br
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10 Find a man who was not born in the same country as you. -- Here,
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0 Hi guys, I still have some problems with these constuctions. 02 br
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00 He is as tall as [Joe/Joe is] 02 br
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00 He can run as fast as [I /me / I can] ( I was told the choice 01 i 00 me 02 i 00 is correct in less formal writing) 02 br
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00 Superman can run as fast as [a speeding bullet/ a speeding bullet can] 02 br
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00 He is as tall as [Joe/Joe is] 02 br
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00 He can run as fast as [I /me / I can] ( I was told the choice 01 i 00 me 02 i 00 is correct in less formal writing) 02 br
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00 Superman can run as fast as [a speeding bullet/ a speeding bullet can] 02 br
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01 cite 10 New2grammar 12 cite 10 Are they all correct to some extent? 12 br10 Yes. 02 br
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0 I learned to whistle listening to the old Superman radio series - while I was still in my "high-chair." The quote is, "Faster than a speeding bullet." Obviously a speeding bullet can't run, so, "Superman can run as fast as a speeding bullet can" makes no sense. In this case, the "understood" portion would be, "( 01 b 00 Superman is 02 b 00 ) faster than a speeding bullet."
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