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T509 Posted 19 years ago
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0 Hi. I've got a question concerning the sentence below. 02 br
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00 I want it to mean that he made ten spelling mistakes in ten lines. Is that correct? And if it is, give me grammatical explanation about the usage of "as", will you? 0-
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00 a) He made as many spelling mistakes in ten lines. 02 br
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00 I want it to mean that he made ten spelling mistakes in ten lines. Is that correct? And if it is, give me grammatical explanation about the usage of "as", will you? 0-
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0 01 i 00 He made ten spelling mistakes in 01 b 00 as many 02 b 00 lines. 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 -------- 02 br 01 b 00 - as many 02 b 00 : the same in number <saw three plays in as many days> 02 br 02 br 05 0 00 02 br 00 ---------- 02 br 0240
- 0 01 i 00 He made ten spelling mistakes in 01 b 00 as many 02 b 00 lines.
- 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 -------- 02 br 01 b 00 - as many 02 b 00 : the same in number <saw three plays in as many days> 02 br 02 br 05 0 00 02 br 00 ---------- 02 br 0240
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0 01 i 00 He made ten spelling mistakes in 01 b 00 as many 02 b 00 lines. 02 i 02 br
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01 b 00 - as many 02 b 00 : the same in number <saw three plays in as many days> 02 br
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05 0 00 02 br
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02 br
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01 b 00 - as many 02 b 00 : the same in number <saw three plays in as many days> 02 br
02 br
05 0 00 02 br
00 ---------- 02 br
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0 Oh, I see! Thank you. 02 br
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00 Then Can I say it as follows? 02 br
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01 i 00 He made in ten lines as many spelling mistakes. 02 i 0-
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00 Then Can I say it as follows? 02 br
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01 i 00 He made in ten lines as many spelling mistakes. 02 i 0-
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01 cite 10 T509 12 cite 10 Hi. I've got a question concerning the sentence below. a) He made as many spelling mistakes in ten lines. I want it to mean that he made ten spelling mistakes in ten lines. Is that correct? And if it is, give me grammatical explanation about the usage of "as", will you? 12 blockquote10 Typically, [ 0
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01 cite 10 Goodman 12 cite 12 br10 That's another (longish, IMO) possibility.
10 I think what you tried to say in your sentence was “ he made 11 span 11 b 10 as many spelling mistakes as 12 b 12 span 10 there were lines (in the exercise).” 12 br
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0 Hi, Goodman. Thank you for helping. 02 br
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00 I understand what you tell about as-as expressions which are used to indicate that there is no/little difference among things compared. 02 br
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00 There are usually two ' 01 i 00 as 02 i 00 'es in those cases as you suggested, but in my case I would like to ask if I could omit one of them. 0-
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00 I understand what you tell about as-as expressions which are used to indicate that there is no/little difference among things compared. 02 br
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00 There are usually two ' 01 i 00 as 02 i 00 'es in those cases as you suggested, but in my case I would like to ask if I could omit one of them. 0-
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