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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

As it turned out//As a result

0As it turned out, my little magazine went on to become 01i00Student02i00, a national magazine for young people in the U.K.02br
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00Does "As it turned out" in the above refer to "As a result?" Thanks.0-
  

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02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-

— Clive

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0Hi,02br
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00The phrase 'as it turned out' is used to indicate an 01i00unexpected 02i00result.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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0No, not quite, Angliholic. 02br
00'As it turned out' can mean something like 'what happened in the end' or 'what we later found out', and this end result was probably 01u00not anticipated02u00.0-
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0Thanks, Clive and Yankee.02br
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00To make sure, does it mean "Unexpectedly" and 'Surprisingly?"0-
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0 They carry the same meaning but are used in different syntaxes.02br
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00"He arrived unexpectedly the day before scheduled." [describes the action itself]02br
00"He didn't study very much, but, surprisingly, he did very well on the test. [describes the situation as a whole]02br
00"He did surprisingly well on the test. [modifies the adverb 01b
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