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Langtraveler Posted 11 years ago
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Hello.
"The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as is found with traditional telephone surveys." (Politics and the Twitter Revolution, John H. Parmelee and Shannon L. Bichard)
Does this mean "The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as the sentiments is found accurate woth traditional telephone surveys?"
Plus, is the upper sentence grammatically correct?
Thank you.
"The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as is found with traditional telephone surveys." (Politics and the Twitter Revolution, John H. Parmelee and Shannon L. Bichard)
Does this mean "The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as the sentiments is found accurate woth traditional telephone surveys?"
Plus, is the upper sentence grammatically correct?
Thank you.
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" Yes. langtraveler Plus, is the upper sentence grammatically correct? Yours or the original?
- " Yes.
- langtraveler Plus, is the upper sentence grammatically correct?
- Yours or the original?
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langtravelerDoes this mean "The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as the sentiments is found accurate woth traditional telephone surveys?"Yes.
langtravelerPlus, is the upper sentence grammatically correct?Yours or the original?
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Then, not quite.
The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as the sentiments that are found with traditional telephone surveys.
The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as the sentiments that are found with traditional telephone surveys.
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Thank you! Could I ask an explanation about the second "as?"
I thought that the second 'as' in the comparative sentence is a conjuction. For example, "My bag is as big as yours (is big.)" That's why I remade the sentence into "as 'the sentiments' is--now I see it doens't make sense. It's 'is', not 'are'--found 'to be accurate' with traditinal surveys," fulfilling the subject and the complemen
I thought that the second 'as' in the comparative sentence is a conjuction. For example, "My bag is as big as yours (is big.)" That's why I remade the sentence into "as 'the sentiments' is--now I see it doens't make sense. It's 'is', not 'are'--found 'to be accurate' with traditinal surveys," fulfilling the subject and the complemen
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I don't understand your problem (or your explanation), but the as...as structure is standard:
The sentiments expressed...can be as accurate a measure as the sentiments that are found...
This pencil has as sharp a point as that pencil.
My wife is as beautiful a woman as your wife.
Any verb ('the sentiments [are] that are found', 'that pencil [is]', 'yo
The sentiments expressed...can be as accurate a measure as the sentiments that are found...
This pencil has as sharp a point as that pencil.
My wife is as beautiful a woman as your wife.
Any verb ('the sentiments [are] that are found', 'that pencil [is]', 'yo
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I'm sorry for my confusing explanation.
...as sharp a point as that pencile (has.)
...as beautiful a woman as your wife (is.)
As you said, there is a standard for as...as structure.
as + a thing which is compared ( + verb )
However, there is no noun-a thing- in the original sentence- "as is found with traditional telephone surveys."
So at first, I suppo
...as sharp a point as that pencile (has.)
...as beautiful a woman as your wife (is.)
As you said, there is a standard for as...as structure.
as + a thing which is compared ( + verb )
However, there is no noun-a thing- in the original sentence- "as is found with traditional telephone surveys."
So at first, I suppo
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Please forget the " 'as' as a conjuction " part.
The reason why I consider "as" as conjuction was, as you said, in as...as structure, any verb after a noun is underdtood. I thought putting another verb in a sentence must require a conjuction, and there are some dictionaries which introduce 'as' in as...as structure as a conjunction. For example, Longman. (
The reason why I consider "as" as conjuction was, as you said, in as...as structure, any verb after a noun is underdtood. I thought putting another verb in a sentence must require a conjuction, and there are some dictionaries which introduce 'as' in as...as structure as a conjunction. For example, Longman. (
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The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as is found with traditional telephone surveys.
That's your original. Maybe I see what you're getting at. The author is considering 'sentiments' a single measure; hence 'is'. Does that help?
That's your original. Maybe I see what you're getting at. The author is considering 'sentiments' a single measure; hence 'is'. Does that help?
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Thank you for your reply!
Then, does this one make sense?
"The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as the sentiments that is found with traditional telephone surveys."
Then, does this one make sense?
"The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as the sentiments that is found with traditional telephone surveys."
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Now you have made the plural 'sentiments' the overt subject:
The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as the sentiments that are found with traditional telephone surveys.
The sentiments expressed in the tweets regarding political issues can be as accurate a measure as the sentiments that are found with traditional telephone surveys.
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