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Lonelycheese15 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

"As"

Recently, I saw a sign in an apartment building that said something to the effect of this this: "Any vandalism of signs will be considered as a violation."

As soon as I saw the sign, I thought, "That 'as' does not belong there!" I feel that the "as" should be removed; however, I am not sure if it is actually considered to be incorrect. So would it be incorrect? If so, for what reason?

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I don't think it's incorrect. To me, "AS" here has a softening affect on the tone. Holding a cell phone while driving a vehicle, even if you are not actually talking to someone, is considered [as] a traffic violation.

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  • I don't think it's incorrect.
  • To me, "AS" here has a softening affect on the tone.
  • Holding a cell phone while driving a vehicle, even if you are not actually talking to someone, is considered [as] a traffic violation.
  • The meaning is: The law prohibits anyone from using cellphone which causes distraction and safety problem, so when a cop sees you with a phone in the palm of you hand, it will be considered as a violation, although you are not actually violating the law by talking on it.
  • The tone and meaning is slightly different when [as] is used.
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I don't think it's incorrect. To me, "AS" here has a softening affect on the tone. Holding a cell phone while
driving a vehicle, even if you are not actually talking to someone, is considered [as] a traffic violation.
The meaning is: The law prohibits anyone from using cellphone which causes distraction and safety problem, so
when a cop sees you with a phone in the palm of yo
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I'm not sure it's incorrect but it certainly sounds odd. There are probably contexts where this usage would be appropriate (none come to mind at the moment) but I don't think this is one of them.
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It does sound odd, which is exactly why I was so thrown off by it.
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I have no idea why it sounded odd to you. It sounds completely fine

with me.

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