*As much as

Hello, Maverick

It doesn't sound right. Is that the original sentence? I guess his mother doesn't like B because B is alway

Hi, Pastel
It's taken from a play, (and it's a complete sentence) therefore the language is ambiguous sometimes. But the whole situations makes sense as if mother[another character] bothered Ann and Ann doesn't want to stay anynore at her home.
But I didn't understand the phrase "as much as told....".

AS much as told me
or
As good as told me

these mean that the mother made it clear that she wanted him to go, without actually saying 'Go!'.

She could have said something like: 'I don't know where you are going to sleep if you stay...' or 'This house is getting rather crowded...' or 'Wouldn't you feel more comfortable in your own bed?'

AS much as told me
or
As good as told me


Hi,

I'd like to know of this. What does "good" modify? Isn't it an adjective? How can it modify a verb "told"?

Well...I'm not too great on the technical stuff so maybe someone else can help with that.

However, the 'as good as' is the phrase I am more familiar with out of the two.

'As good as' is used to mean 'not exactly, but the equivalent to' or 'very nearly achieved'.

Further examples.

He as good as raised that child by himself.

She as good as built th

Okay, but still a BIG THANKS. It's a new one on me. I'm off.

See you around.

A wild guess:

'He told me, [or did something that was] as good as [telling me].' =>
'He told me, as good as.' =>
'He (as good as) told me.' =>
'He as good as told me.'

Good here = effective.

In other words, I would take 'as good as' as the adverbial remnant of a longer phrase.

But it's only a wild guess. Someone else will put me ri

Hello People!

'As much (as)' and also 'as good (as)' are sometimes specially used as an adverbial phrase in senses synonymous to 'practically', 'virtually', 'in effect', or 'almost the same way as'. I tried to look for its detailed explanations in my dictionaries, but even OED doesn't tell much about these usages.
Some men have heart, and others as good as none

'He told me, [or did something that was] as good as [telling me].' =>
'He told me, as good as.' =>
'He (as good as) told me.' =>
'He as good as told me.'

Good here = effective.

In other words, I would take 'as good as' as the adverbial remnant of a longer phrase.

I see.

Isn't this structure, "He as good

Rarely seen; but quite often heard, in BrE – especially in such phrases as 'he as good as told me so himself'.

I notice that many of the phrase's googles relate to speech within literary contexts.

MrP