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Siavash Moghaddasian Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
As far as
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This is a conversation between two friends Joe and Christian. With a mutual friend, they go and visit many places like they go to a concert and restaurants etc they actually cram in a lot.
What's the meaning of "as far as"?
Kristin:[laugh] But you know, as far as like other things that we did… I think she
also really enjoyed getting out of the city. Um, it, y’know, one day Tim took her to Muir Woods. So she really had a great time, uh, there…
Joe: Oh man.
Kristin: …just seeing the redwoods.
Joe: Yeah, it’s beautiful up there. I mean when you go through that area… I mean,
it’s breathtaking. It makes for a great picture.
Source: "Effortless English podcast"
This is a conversation between two friends Joe and Christian. With a mutual friend, they go and visit many places like they go to a concert and restaurants etc they actually cram in a lot.
What's the meaning of "as far as"?
Kristin:[laugh] But you know, as far as like other things that we did… I think she
also really enjoyed getting out of the city. Um, it, y’know, one day Tim took her to Muir Woods. So she really had a great time, uh, there…
Joe: Oh man.
Kristin: …just seeing the redwoods.
Joe: Yeah, it’s beautiful up there. I mean when you go through that area… I mean,
it’s breathtaking. It makes for a great picture.
Source: "Effortless English podcast"
Top answer
", where "like" is a meaningless filler word, and "as far as X is/are concerned" is a set pattern for introducing information about X. " pattern and then forget to complete it with "is/are concerned", or perhaps don't even understand that such a completion is required.
- ", where "like" is a meaningless filler word, and "as far as X is/are concerned" is a set pattern for introducing information about X.
- " pattern and then forget to complete it with "is/are concerned", or perhaps don't even understand that such a completion is required.
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Siavash MoghaddasianBut you know, as far as like other things that we did…
The only sense I can make of this is as an incomplete rendition of "as far as, like, other things that we did are concerned ...", where "like" is a meaningless filler word, and "as far as X is/are concerned" is a set pattern for introducing information about X. It happens sometimes t
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