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Tim Chen 8872 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
as can be seen easily
Here are two sentences, which I have some problems with their grammar.
As can be seen easily, John loves me.
As it can be seen easily, John loves me.
In the first sentence, as serves as something of a relative pronoun, which stands for "John loves me". If so, shouldn't it be more likely correct in the form of "John loves me, as can be seen easily". Because if i put "as clause" at the beginning, it seems hard to know what "as" here stands for.
Someone said the second one is wrong, and I wonder if it is right.
If i were to explain the second sentence, it would be that it is "the fact", and as is "like"
Like the fact can be seen easily, John loves me.
Correct me if I was wrong...
As can be seen easily, John loves me.
As it can be seen easily, John loves me.
In the first sentence, as serves as something of a relative pronoun, which stands for "John loves me". If so, shouldn't it be more likely correct in the form of "John loves me, as can be seen easily". Because if i put "as clause" at the beginning, it seems hard to know what "as" here stands for.
Someone said the second one is wrong, and I wonder if it is right.
If i were to explain the second sentence, it would be that it is "the fact", and as is "like"
Like the fact can be seen easily, John loves me.
Correct me if I was wrong...
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The first sentence is fine as is. You could also place the easily after can or after be : As can easily be seen, John loves me. As can be easily seen , John loves me.
- The first sentence is fine as is.
- You could also place the easily after can or after be : As can easily be seen, John loves me.
- As can be easily seen , John loves me.
- You could also, as you said, switch the two clauses: John loves me, as can be seen easily.
- John loves me, as can easily be seen.
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The first sentence is fine as is. You could also place the easily after can or after be:
As can easily be seen, John loves me.
As can be easily seen , John loves me.
You could also, as you said, switch the two clauses:
John loves me, as can be seen easily.
John loves me, as can easily be seen.
John loves me, as can be easily se
As can easily be seen, John loves me.
As can be easily seen , John loves me.
You could also, as you said, switch the two clauses:
John loves me, as can be seen easily.
John loves me, as can easily be seen.
John loves me, as can be easily se
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Thank you!!
So I guess, with "it" makes the sentence grammatically wrong or sounds weird?!
So I guess, with "it" makes the sentence grammatically wrong or sounds weird?!
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Tim Chen 8872Thank you!!So I guess, with "it" makes the sentence grammatically wrong or sounds weird?!It's not grammatically wrong, it just gives a different meaning.
For example, as could be functioning as because in that statement:
As it can be seen easily, John loves me (I can tell John loves me bec
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SurferIt's not grammatically wrong, it just gives a different meaning.Yes, the "it" form has a different meaning which is appropriate in other contexts.
You will have no trouble finding it, as it can be seen easily from the road.
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