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BirdNest Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
As Expected
"He came back late, as was expected."
"He came back late, as expected."
"He came back late as was expected."
"He came back late as expected."
How are these different?
"He came back late, as expected."
"He came back late as was expected."
"He came back late as expected."
How are these different?
Top answer
99% confident that I understand sentences 1 and 2. "He came back late , as was expected" is the complete sentence. " Both sentences mean something like: He came back late , which fact [his coming back late] was expected .
- 99% confident that I understand sentences 1 and 2.
- "He came back late , as was expected" is the complete sentence.
- " Both sentences mean something like: He came back late , which fact [his coming back late] was expected .
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- Alexander's Longman English Grammar (1988) puts such a sentence this way: He came back late , and this [his coming back late] was expected .
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Hello, BirdNest:
I am 99.99% confident that I understand sentences 1 and 2.
"He came back late, as was expected" is the complete sentence.
The shorter way (and people like to speak fast) is "He came back late, as expected."
Both sentences mean something like: He came back late, which fact [his coming back late] was expected.
L.G. A
I am 99.99% confident that I understand sentences 1 and 2.
"He came back late, as was expected" is the complete sentence.
The shorter way (and people like to speak fast) is "He came back late, as expected."
Both sentences mean something like: He came back late, which fact [his coming back late] was expected.
L.G. A
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