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Moon7296 Posted 11 years ago
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as delivered (as meaning)
An environmental activist Josh Berry was on a sailing trip from California to Hawaii in 2006 when, on the fourteenth day, he encountered the sea of plastic that has come to be known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Path". The following is his description of the trip, as delivered in an address at the U.N. World Oceans Day conference in 2009.
"I'm on a tiny boat with two friends and ....(passage omitted)
Q) What does "as" mean in the last sentence? I don't think it means because or like.
"I'm on a tiny boat with two friends and ....(passage omitted)
Q) What does "as" mean in the last sentence? I don't think it means because or like.
Top answer
It means that the description written here is the one that he gave to the UN conference.
- It means that the description written here is the one that he gave to the UN conference.
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It means that the description written here is the one that he gave to the UN conference.
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What can be the closest word or some phrases that can replace "as" if we rephrase that last sentence, maintaining most parts of the sentence?
Can it be like this?
The following is his description of the trip, just as(like) it was delivered in an address at the U.N. World Oceans Day conference in 2009.
Can it be like this?
The following is his description of the trip, just as(like) it was delivered in an address at the U.N. World Oceans Day conference in 2009.
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moon7296What can be the closest word or some phrases that can replace "as" if we rephrase that last sentence, maintaining most parts of the sentence?For example:
The following is his description of the trip, in the form in which it was delivered in an address at the U.N. World Oceans Day conference in 2009.
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