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0 China's death toll from a massive earthquake soared by thousands Wednesday as troops rushed to plug "severe cracks" in a dam upriver from one of the hardest hit cities. 02br
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00I have another question regarding the use of as. Should the two clauses that 01i00as02i00 connects have some strong, tight link? Above is an excerp tfrom a news article and the use of 'as' in this context triggers this question as there's a weak or no link between the two clauses. -the increase in death tool has no relationship with the damaged dam. In other words, no one has died , at least the article doesn't mention it, due to the damage the dam suffers. 02br
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00What do you think?02br
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00Thanks!0-