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As is the case with most new businesses, the bakery did not make a profit in its first year of operation.I guess I could understand this sentence, but can any teacher explains what as is means here? Thanks.LC

Philip · Accepted Answer

LcchangAs is the case with most new businesses, the bakery did not make a profit in its first year of operation.

I guess I could understand this sentence, but can any teacher explains what as is means here? Thanks.

LC

"this is normal"

Ruslana · Answer

As is the case with most new businesses = As it happens to most new businesses.

Maple · Answer

As is the case with most new businesses, the bakery did not make a profit in its first year of operation.

What part of speech is asin this sentence? A conjunction???

But a conjunction "may or may not stand between the items it conjoins". In this sentence, when we delete "as", it's not a complete sentence.

Please make some comments on this.

Thank you!

Marius Hancu · Answer

Just as it happens with most businesses ...

Maple · Answer

Marius HancuJust as it happens with most businesses ...

Hi! This is an easy sentence. But we should know the part of speech of "as" in it. For we (ESL students) might misread more complex ones if we don't know the exact functions of "as" in them.

Maple

CalifJim · Answer

as is a conjunction. It has the same meaning here as it has when it is used in other types of comparisons, particularly after the words the same.

Tom is as tall as Jerry (is).
Tom's height is the same as Jerry's (is).
Tom's shirt is the same as Jerry's (is).
Tom's situation is the same as Jerry's (is).
Tom's case is the same as Jerry's case (is).
The case of Tom is the same as the case of Jerry (is).
The case of the bakery is the same as the case of most new businesses (is).

But note that in this usage the words the same are omitted, case of becomes case with, and subject-verb inversion occurs:

the same as the case of most new businesses is >
as the case with most new businesses is>
as is the case with most new businesses

As is the case with has become an idiomatic, fixed phrase. It can be used at the beginning or at the end of a main clause:

As is the case with most new businesses, the bakery did not make a profit in its first year of operation.
The bakery did not make a profit in its first year of operation, as is the case with most new businesses.

If the subordinate clause is used at the end (but not at the beginning), which may substitute for as:

The bakery did not make a profit in its first year of operation, which is the case with most new businesses.

CJ

Maple · Answer

CalifJimas is a conjunction. It has the same meaning here as it has when it is used in other types of comparisons, particularly after the words the same.
But note that in this usage the words the same are omitted, case of becomes case with, and subject-verb inversion occurs:

the same as the case of most new businesses is >
as the case with most new businesses is>
as is the case with most new businesses

As is the case with has become an idiomatic, fixed phrase. It can be used at the beginning or at the end of a main clause:

As is the case with most new businesses, the bakery did not make a profit in its first year of operation.
The bakery did not make a profit in its first year of operation, as is the case with most new businesses.

If the subordinate clause is used at the end (but not at the beginning), which may substitute for as:

The bakery did not make a profit in its first year of operation, which is the case with most new businesses.

These have explained everything wonderfully!

Thank you very very much!

CalifJim · Answer

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Goodman · Answer

LcchangAs is the case with most new businesses, the bakery did not make a profit in its first year of operation.

I guess I could understand this sentence, but can any teacher explains what as is means here? Thanks.

LC

“As is” by itself means “what you see is what you get”. Sometimes ,when we go to a store we may see a tag on the item that said “sold as is”. This means the items may or may not have defect or damage but it’s a one-of-a-kind and priced very cheap, however with no exchange or refunds.

John bought a car from the neighbor “as is” for $500. This sentence implies that John understood that it’s a good price and he test-drove the car and accepted the deal.

But your example means entirely different thing, just so that you know.

Anonymous · Answer

My grammar book gives an additional comment that it's sometimes easier for us ESL students to understand this "as" as a quasi relative pronoun.

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