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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"As" as a preposition

Is "as" a preposition in this sentence?

Your house is not as big as mine?
  

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The first as is an adverb. The second can be seen as either a preposition (with mine as its object) or as a conjunction (with is implied).

— RandomGuy

  • The first as is an adverb.
  • The second can be seen as either a preposition (with mine as its object) or as a conjunction (with is implied).
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The first as is an adverb. The second can be seen as either a preposition (with mine as its object) or as a conjunction (with is implied).
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The first "as" is an adverb. I wasn't sure about the second, but according to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as it is a conjunction.
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In terms of grammatical function, dictionaries are rather slow to respond to change.
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