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Navitasan Posted 15 years ago
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Which is correct:
1-A child knows his mother as she is at home but not as she is at her workplace.
2-A child knows his mother as she behaves at home but not as she behaves at her workplace.
I think "1" is fine but "2" does not work. If "as" has the meaning it has here, then it can be used with the verb "to be" or with a noun.
(A child knows his mother as (a) mother, not as (a) working person.)
1-A child knows his mother as she is at home but not as she is at her workplace.
2-A child knows his mother as she behaves at home but not as she behaves at her workplace.
I think "1" is fine but "2" does not work. If "as" has the meaning it has here, then it can be used with the verb "to be" or with a noun.
(A child knows his mother as (a) mother, not as (a) working person.)
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Hi! Yep, 1 is correct grammatically, and it makes sense. 2 is also technically correct, but sounds a little clumsy / odd.
- Hi!
- Yep, 1 is correct grammatically, and it makes sense.
- 2 is also technically correct, but sounds a little clumsy / odd.
- I think here it is a case of style, because in 2 my first reading was "as = because".
- There is potential for confusion.
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Hi!
Yep, 1 is correct grammatically, and it makes sense. 2 is also technically correct, but sounds a little clumsy / odd. I think here it is a case of style, because in 2 my first reading was "as = because". There is potential for confusion. But with 1 "as" can only mean "how / like".
"as" here is an adverb for "manner / how". It can be used with any verb:
Yep, 1 is correct grammatically, and it makes sense. 2 is also technically correct, but sounds a little clumsy / odd. I think here it is a case of style, because in 2 my first reading was "as = because". There is potential for confusion. But with 1 "as" can only mean "how / like".
"as" here is an adverb for "manner / how". It can be used with any verb:
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