"His jibes are as nothing compared with the complaints of some right-wing Labour MPs about the way they have been treated by activists." (BBC website.)
Is "as" optional in the above sentence?
Top answer
Yes. Removing it makes little practical difference to the meaning.
— GPY
Yes.
Removing it makes little practical difference to the meaning.
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