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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

As meaningful [as + an adjective]

For us to be happy, it is not enough to experience life as meaningful on the general level of the big picture.

As the adjective 'meaningful' follow 'as' In the sentence above, 'as' isn't a preposition, so I think of 'as' as a conjunction.
Then, Is 'life is' or 'it is' omitted between 'as' and 'meaningful', and what role does 'as' play and what meaning does 'as' have here?

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

Adverb. See entries 1-4, in particular, item 4 fits your sentence. s=t

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  • Adverb.
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  • s=t
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Adverb.

See entries 1-4, in particular, item 4 fits your sentence.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/as?s=t
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your quick answer Emotion: smile

But I can't frankly understand the dictionary like other dictionaries take
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park sang joon"She sang as promised" in the dictionary, I think 'as' is a conjunction and "she was" is omitted after 'as'; am I wholly wrong?
It is a plausible analysis.
But the clause is not passive, but active.
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park sang joonIf we treat 'as' as the adverb in my example, does 'meaningful' modify 'life'?
That is probably what the lexicographers would say, eg. ...it is not enough to experience a meaningful life...
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Thank your for your continuous replies Emotion: smile
I think I have unintentionally took arguing writing; I'm so sorry.
I am having such
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park sang joonI think I can rephrase the above sentence like the following:For us to be happy, it is not enough to experience life which is meaningful on the general level of the big picture.
Your rephrasing changed the meaning.

It is not saying that life is meaningful (your rephrasing), but you experience it that way.
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park sang joonI am having such a difficult time in understanding the usages of 'as' for a while, so please pardon me.
I think one of the difficulties is that you're trying to rephrase your "as" sentences by inserting extra words, or by replacing "as" with something else, which actually seems quite hard to do. You seem to feel that there are words omitted, but
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your continuous answer.
"In that way" usage is most confusing in usages of 'as'. Emotion: crying
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Thank you, GPY, for your sincere concern and understanding. Emotion: smile

I think one of the difficulties is that you're trying t
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For us to be happy, it is not enough to experience life as meaningful on the general level of the big picture.
Couldn't I treat 'as' as a preposition, so couldn't I rephrase the above sentence as follows?
:For us to be happy, it is not enough to experience life as (being) meaningful on the general level of the big picture.
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