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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

As

As people grow older, they tend to sleep less.

What is the meaning of 'as'? Is it a concjunction conjunction ?

  

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Yes, "as" in your sentence is a conjunction and means "when". PS. You misspelled "conjunction".

— Joseph A

  • Yes, "as" in your sentence is a conjunction and means "when".
  • PS.
  • You misspelled "conjunction".
  • Best wishes, Joseph
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Yes, "as" in your sentence is a conjunction and means "when".

PS. You misspelled "conjunction".

Best wishes,

Joseph

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anonymous

As people grow older, they tend to sleep less.

What is the meaning of 'as'? Is it a conjunction?

No, it's not a conjunction (at least not in modern grammar), but a preposition heading the PP "as people grow older", which functions as an adjunct of temporal location.

Prepositions like the "as" in your example are called 'grammatic

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