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Lcchang Posted 12 years ago
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1. He is as lucky a man as ever lived.
2. Such package tours as she could find were expensive.
3. I won't buy the same cell phone as you have.
4. As is often the case, she does not go to school.
Can I suppose that the above sentence originally came from the following ones?
1. He is as lucky a man as who ever lived.
2. Such package tours as which she could find were expensive.
3. I won't buy the same cell phone as which you have.
4. As which is often the case, she does not go to school.
2. Such package tours as she could find were expensive.
3. I won't buy the same cell phone as you have.
4. As is often the case, she does not go to school.
Can I suppose that the above sentence originally came from the following ones?
1. He is as lucky a man as who ever lived.
2. Such package tours as which she could find were expensive.
3. I won't buy the same cell phone as which you have.
4. As which is often the case, she does not go to school.
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I see them as short versions of these long, awkward and unnatural sentences. 1. He is as lucky a man as any man who ever lived.
- I see them as short versions of these long, awkward and unnatural sentences.
- 1.
- He is as lucky a man as any man who ever lived.
- 2.
- Such package tours as the package tours which she could find were expensive.
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I see them as short versions of these long, awkward and unnatural sentences.
1. He is as lucky a man as any man who ever lived.
2. Such package tours as the package tours which she could find were expensive.
3. I won't buy the same cell phone as the c
1. He is as lucky a man as any man who ever lived.
2. Such package tours as the package tours which she could find were expensive.
3. I won't buy the same cell phone as the c
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Thank you so much. One more question please. How about...
"There is no one of us but wishes to help you."
"There is no one of us but wishes to help you."
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"There is no one of us but (ie except) the ones who wish to help you."
This means 'We all wish to help you'.
This means 'We all wish to help you'.
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