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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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As much as

Hi,

I have a few queries:

a) Hard work pays, realizing which Mark got back to his books again.
Can 'realizing which' be used in this manner? If not, how else can one explain that a certain idea made someone do something?

b) If anything was certain, it was that the guys were lazy.
Is this a correct way?

c) There were teenagers (who were) energetic enough to play as well as old people (who were) weak enough to collapse.
I am assuming (who were) isn't necessary. But can we connect the sentence with 'as well as' instead of using 'and'?

d) India was as much a colony of Britain as Congo was of France.
Can one compare in this manner?

Regards,
Mr. X
  

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a-- Yes, that's OK. but I'd put the slogan in quotes, I think. b-- OK c-- Your assumption is correct.

— Mister Micawber

  • a-- Yes, that's OK.
  • but I'd put the slogan in quotes, I think.
  • b-- OK c-- Your assumption is correct.
  • You can use 'as well as' here, but keep in mind that 'as well as' subordinates while 'and' coordinates.
  • d-- Yes.
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a-- Yes, that's OK. but I'd put the slogan in quotes, I think.
b-- OK
c-- Your assumption is correct. You can use 'as well as' here, but keep in mind that 'as well as' subordinates while 'and' coordinates.
d-- Yes.
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Thanks, Mr. M. Can 'as also' be used, provided we place a comma before it?
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That seems too stilted to me.
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