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Moon7296 Posted 11 years ago
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as much as meaning in the beginning of the sentence

I recently debated buying a particular car that had just arrived at a local
dealership. I looked at it for two days and test-drove it twice. I really liked it. It was an extraordinary deal because of some rare circumstances. But, as much as I liked it, and as perfect a deal as it seemed, I couldn’t manage to form the positive belief that I should go buy it.

Q) Can the underlined part be rephrased as this? (focusing on the "as much as" part)
Although I liked it much, and as perfect a deal as it seemed, I couldn’t manage to form the positive belief that I should go buy it.
  

Top answer

You can think of it as "even though I really liked it" and "even though it seemed a perfect deal". I hope this clarifies it for you.

— Philip

  • You can think of it as "even though I really liked it" and "even though it seemed a perfect deal".
  • I hope this clarifies it for you.
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You can think of it as "even though I really liked it" and "even though it seemed a perfect deal". I hope this clarifies it for you.
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moon7296Q) Can the underlined part be rephrased as this? (focusing on the "as much as" part)Although I liked it much a lot, and as perfect a deal as it seemed, I couldn’t manage to form the positive belief that I should go buy it.
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