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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
As he prepares
Virat Kohli, who was part of the India squad which won the ICC Champions Trophy four years ago, believes his side is in an even better position to rule the world this year as he prepares for his first major competition as captain.
Is "as" a conjunction and what does it mean here?
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Traditional grammar treats this use of "as" as a subordinating conjunction when it introduce clauses, and a preposition when it introduces noun phrases. Modern grammar treats this "as" as a preposition irrespective of the complementation. ".
- Traditional grammar treats this use of "as" as a subordinating conjunction when it introduce clauses, and a preposition when it introduces noun phrases.
- Modern grammar treats this "as" as a preposition irrespective of the complementation.
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- com/definition/as#as_Noun_400
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Traditional grammar treats this use of "as" as a subordinating conjunction when it introduce clauses, and a preposition when it introduces noun phrases.
Modern grammar treats this "as" as a preposition irrespective of the complementation.
It has a temporal meaning, roughly equivalent to "whilst ...". See here
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