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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
As much as/ as little as
1. His dead body was discovered as early as the year 1970.
2. His dead body was discovered as late as the year 1970.
3. I have money as much as $2000.
4. I have money as little as $2000.
I'd like to know if the following are right.
In #1, the year can indicate 1970, 1971, 1972, and so on.
In #2, the year can indicate 1970, 1969, 1968, and so on.
In #3, the money can indicate 200, 199, 198, and so on.
In #4, the money can indicate 200, 201, 202, and so on.
Thank you in advance for your help.
2. His dead body was discovered as late as the year 1970.
3. I have money as much as $2000.
4. I have money as little as $2000.
I'd like to know if the following are right.
In #1, the year can indicate 1970, 1971, 1972, and so on.
In #2, the year can indicate 1970, 1969, 1968, and so on.
In #3, the money can indicate 200, 199, 198, and so on.
In #4, the money can indicate 200, 201, 202, and so on.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
These phrasings are ambiguous to me without full context. They may indicate lower or upper bounds of an unknown quantity, as you suggest, or they may be a way of emphasising the largeness or smallness of a quantity that is known. #3 and #4 are not correct English, however.
- These phrasings are ambiguous to me without full context.
- They may indicate lower or upper bounds of an unknown quantity, as you suggest, or they may be a way of emphasising the largeness or smallness of a quantity that is known.
- #3 and #4 are not correct English, however.
- At minimum, a dash or something is needed after "money", but #4, especially, still doesn't connect very well.
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These phrasings are ambiguous to me without full context. They may indicate lower or upper bounds of an unknown quantity, as you suggest, or they may be a way of emphasising the largeness or smallness of a quantity that is known.
#3 and #4 are not correct English, however. At minimum, a dash or something is needed after "money", but #4, especially, still doesn't connect very well.
#3 and #4 are not correct English, however. At minimum, a dash or something is needed after "money", but #4, especially, still doesn't connect very well.
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In 1 and 2, the phrase 'the year' is not necessary.
In 3 and 4, the word 'money' is wrong.
1. His dead body was discovered as early as 1970.
It's surprising that it was not discovered later, eg in 1971/2/3 etc.
2. His dead body was discovered as late as
In 3 and 4, the word 'money' is wrong.
1. His dead body was discovered as early as 1970.
It's surprising that it was not discovered later, eg in 1971/2/3 etc.
2. His dead body was discovered as late as
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I'm so sorry for my poor English and Thank you, GPY and Clive, for your correction and very very helpful answer.
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