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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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As much as

This sentence was said :
The best player on the opposing team gets injured

1 As much as the home team has seen him (player injured) torture them, they are still concerned for his health.

I've heard "as much as x hates... , they are still concerned for...
Don't you usuall have to use 'hate' or 'love/like'?

Is sentence 1 natural?

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It's fine. " The words have to be parallel if you use "as" in both clauses: They are as concerned for his health as much a s they hate him You can measure their mental states on the same scale, comparing concern to hate. This wouldn't be natural: As much as they have seen him, they are as concerned for this health.

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  • It's fine.
  • " The words have to be parallel if you use "as" in both clauses: They are as concerned for his health as much a s they hate him You can measure their mental states on the same scale, comparing concern to hate.
  • This wouldn't be natural: As much as they have seen him, they are as concerned for this health.
  • Because it's hard to see how to compare time spent watching and being concerned.
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It's fine. "As much as" means "even considering that."

The words have to be parallel if you use "as" in both clauses:

They are as concerned for his health as much as they hate him

You can measure their mental state
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