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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
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As in--define

'as in'... Is this informal?

I hear it in casual speech, but I also read it in dictionary definitions, so I was just wondering...

I like the other dress, as in your black one.
  

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Well, it certainly sounds casual there! These are good standard uses (if you deem them the same sort of use as concerns you): - whether they are about young urbanite confusion ( as in Andrew Bujalski's films) or hardscrabble lives (as in Ramin Bahrani's - But in this, as in everything she presents, she takes a broader view - To declare a permanent absence of a head of state, such as in a coup, elections would have to be held within 60 days - As in the past, much of the lacy composition is driven by her use of - to be free of any exposure to religious expression in public ( as in the case of those who would forbid mention of the G-word in the Pledge

  • Well, it certainly sounds casual there!
  • These are good standard uses (if you deem them the same sort of use as concerns you): - whether they are about young urbanite confusion ( as in Andrew Bujalski's films) or hardscrabble lives (as in Ramin Bahrani's - But in this, as in everything she presents, she takes a broader view - To declare a permanent absence of a head of state, such as in a coup, elections would have to be held within 60 days - As in the past, much of the lacy composition is driven by her use of - to be free of any exposure to religious expression in public ( as in the case of those who would forbid mention of the G-word in the Pledge
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Well, it certainly sounds casual there! These are good standard uses (if you deem them the same sort of use as concerns you):

- whether they are about young urbanite confusion (as in Andrew Bujalski's films) or hardscrabble lives (as in Ramin Bahrani's
- But in this, as in everything she presents, she takes a broader view
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