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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
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"~as ~ as~" structure restoration

See the below sentence constructed with the "~as~as~" structure.

1) He was glad to see as great a distance as possible between himself and his son.
2) He was glad to see his son at as a great distance possible between himself and his son as there (it) was a great distance possible between himself and his son.

I restored #1) to #2); I'm curious about whether or not my restoration is correct,
and I'd like to know what you will restore 1) to.

In advance, thank you for your help.
  

Top answer

Apart from being difficult to understand, your version is not an accurate paraphrase of the original. This is closer: He was glad to see the maximum possible distance between himself and his son.

— Fivejedjon

  • Apart from being difficult to understand, your version is not an accurate paraphrase of the original.
  • This is closer: He was glad to see the maximum possible distance between himself and his son.
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Apart from being difficult to understand, your version is not an accurate paraphrase of the original.

This is closer: He was glad to see the maximum possible distance between himself and his son.
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Thank you Mr.fivejedjon for your valuable opinion.
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How about this version?
He was glad to see as great a distance as possible between himself and his son.
=> He was glad to think there is as great a distance as it is possible /between himself and his son.
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