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Square Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

as high as ever

The movie was a major hit and public interest was shown to be as high as ever.

I am confused about the phrase "as high as ever".
Is there something omitted here?
The second "as" is a conjunction and it requires a clause. However, in this case "ever" is only an adverb. Could you explain?
Thanks.
  

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"As high as ever" would mean "About as high as ever it has been seen before/can be expected to reach based on history" 'It' could refer to the individual thing, or the type of thing to which it belongs (it depends on the context). Basically, a standard to reach is set by history, and this is reaching that standard. "Exam results were as high as ever" david

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  • "As high as ever" would mean "About as high as ever it has been seen before/can be expected to reach based on history" 'It' could refer to the individual thing, or the type of thing to which it belongs (it depends on the context).
  • Basically, a standard to reach is set by history, and this is reaching that standard.
  • "Exam results were as high as ever" david
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"As high as ever" would mean
"About as high as ever it has been seen before/can be expected to reach based on history"
'It' could refer to the individual thing, or the type of thing to which it belongs (it depends on the context).

Basically, a standard to reach is set by history, and this is reaching that standard.

"Exam results were as high as ever"

david
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Hi

Instead of driving yourself nuts with complicated grammatical reasoning, just treat it like a simile, for example, 'as high as a kite', 'as high as heaven' , ' as high as ever'...

Hope this helps

Katrina
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