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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

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-They would as soon solve this problem as they would any other one.

-They would as soon solve this problem as they would solve any other one.

Is the second one correct? If so, how does it differ from the first sentence?

Thank you.
  

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In my opinion, you need They would solve this problem as fast as they would (solve) any other one. The second solve is redundant but not wrong. "as soon as" means "immediately after something has taken place", so the phrase doesn't really work in your example.

— Ivanhr

  • In my opinion, you need They would solve this problem as fast as they would (solve) any other one.
  • The second solve is redundant but not wrong.
  • "as soon as" means "immediately after something has taken place", so the phrase doesn't really work in your example.
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In my opinion, you need

They would solve this problem as fast as they would (solve) any other one.

The second solve is redundant but not wrong.

"as soon as" means "immediately after something has taken place", so the phrase doesn't really work in your example.
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IvanhrIn my opinion, you needThey would solve this problem as fast as they would (solve) any other one.
Hi Ivanhr, and thank you for your reply. I'm not sure, but I think the construct as soon is an adverbial phrase, and as such, it's positioning within the sentence affects the meaning of the sentence.. ; to my understanding, to solve something quick
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Ivanhr"as soon as" means "immediately after something has taken place", so the phrase doesn't really work in your example.
In British English, as soon as can carry a meaning similar to though not so emphatic as, sooner than (= rather than).

I'd sooner leave Prague than work for that schhol.
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fivejedjonIn British English, as soon as can carry a meaning similar to though not so emphatic as, sooner than (= rather than).
I'd sooner leave Prague than work for that schhol.
I'd as soon leave Prague as work for that school.
Screamerer's They would as soon solve this problem as they would any other one is fine in BrE.
Fine, but wouldn't that c
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screamererto my understanding, to solve something quickly is different than to quickly solve something.
Adverbials can only modify verbs so I don't sense any difference between the two.
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fivejedjonI'd as soon leave Prague as work for that school.
Hi, I apologize for being annoying like this, but what's the word work in your sentence, a noun or verb? I mean.., there is no to before work.., typo?
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screamerer what's the word work in your sentence, a noun or verb?
Verb
screamererthere is no to before work.., typo?
No
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screamerer-They would as soon solve this problem as they would any other one.
This simply means that they do not care which problem they solve. The sentence from your video game carries a different meaning, that they value his life no more than that of a rabid dog. In my dialect, "just" is often inserted in the formulaic "He'd just as soon kill me as look at m
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enoonThis simply means that they do not care which problem they solve. The sentence from your video game carries a different meaning, that... one."
Informative; thank you.
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fivejedjonI'd as soon leave Prague as work for that school.
In this sentence, the speaker/writer doesn't want to work in the school, right? and the second as here is a conjunction that has the meaning of beacause, right?

Adding to before work would kind of mean the opposite, that he is eager to work there, right?

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