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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
AS IN
"I was told to go, as in leave now."
"I was told to go, as in leaving now."
Which one is correct?
"I was told to go, as in leaving now."
Which one is correct?
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" Which one is correct? The former. " This use of 'as in .
- " Which one is correct?
- The former.
- " This use of 'as in .
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- ' is a casual kind of structure, more common in speech than in writing.
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Hi,
"I was told to go, as in leavenow."
"I was told to go, as in leaving now."
Which one is correct?
The former.
It seems to me like an informal version of
I was told to go, as in "Leave now!"
"I was told to go, as in leavenow."
"I was told to go, as in leaving now."
Which one is correct?
The former.
It seems to me like an informal version of
I was told to go, as in "Leave now!"
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MeggPhaggSioux"I was told to go, as in leave now."The intention is as Clive has pointed out.
"I was told to go, as in leaving now."
Which one is correct?
I was told to go, as in "Leave now!"
It's the punctuation that's wrong.
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The other sentence is grammatically correct but has no coherent mea
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So, "as in" by a noun phrase, or something that could function in place of such (gerund)?
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MeggPhaggSioux"as in" (?can be followed) by a noun phrase, or something that could function in place of such (gerund)?Yes. (I assume you meant the part in blue.)
CJ
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Hi,
So, "as in" by a noun phrase, or something that could function in place of such (gerund)?
No. You can't define it so precisely. As I said, it's a loose, casual, informal kind of structure.
The general idea is that you say X as in Y, where Y just emphasizes or d
So, "as in" by a noun phrase, or something that could function in place of such (gerund)?
No. You can't define it so precisely. As I said, it's a loose, casual, informal kind of structure.
The general idea is that you say X as in Y, where Y just emphasizes or d
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So, in a "X as in Y" structue, Y must be equivalent to X. Then, if X is a plain form verb, Y must be too?
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Hi,
It sounds betterif the X and Y are reasonably parallel but, as I said, it's a loose kind of structure.
eg She gave me her heart, as in she wants to marry me and have 10 children with me, a house and a pet dog.[L]
Clive
It sounds betterif the X and Y are reasonably parallel but, as I said, it's a loose kind of structure.
eg She gave me her heart, as in she wants to marry me and have 10 children with me, a house and a pet dog.[L]
Clive
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