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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

As ... as question

Hi all, could you guys please kindly tell me if this sentence is correct? <-- (btw, should this be a period or a question mark?)

You can just as easily conduct a business dinner, as treat your spouse to a romantic date.

I thought it sounds better if put in this way.

You can conduct a business dinner as easily as you can treat your spouse to a romantic date.
  

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You last sentence is correct. A question mark is needed in your request because Could you tell is a direct question even though if this sentence is correct isn't. CB

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  • You last sentence is correct.
  • A question mark is needed in your request because Could you tell is a direct question even though if this sentence is correct isn't.
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You last sentence is correct. A question mark is needed in your request because Could you tell is a direct question even though if this sentence is correct isn't.

CB
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Thank you for the reply, Sir. So is the first sentence incorrect? I saw this in a newspaper and thought it was an interesting sentence structure.
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AnonymousSo is the first sentence incorrect?
It would be fine if the comma after dinner were omitted.

CB
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Sorry if I am nitpicking here, but why can you ommit the "you can" in the first sentence but not in the second?
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I'd say it has to do with the location of '(just) as easily' in each sentence and keeping the structure parallel. In the first sentence, the words 'you are' are separated from the parallel structure. The two sentences essentially amount to this:

- You can just as easily do X as do Y.
- You can do X just as easily as you can do Y.
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