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H M Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

as much money as

Could you explain why this ssentence 1) is worng?

I know it's wrong but I don't know why...

1) Tom saved as a lot of money as he could.

2) Tom saved as much money as he could.

2) is OK. I know though...

Thanks a lot!
  

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s=t 11. a. used correlatively before an adjective or adverb and before a noun phrase or a clause to indicate identity of extent, amount, etc: she is as heavy as her sister ; she is as heavy now as she used to be "a lot of money" cannot be used because it is not gradable or comparable in the dimension of extent.

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  • s=t 11.
  • a.
  • used correlatively before an adjective or adverb and before a noun phrase or a clause to indicate identity of extent, amount, etc: she is as heavy as her sister ; she is as heavy now as she used to be "a lot of money" cannot be used because it is not gradable or comparable in the dimension of extent.
  • It is a fixed expression.
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as....as
— adv , — conj http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/as?s=t
11. a. used correlatively before an adjective or adverb and before a noun phrase or a clause to indicate identity of extent, amount, etc: she is as heavy as her sister ; she is as heavy now as she use
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Thank you very much for your explanation!

I feel like I got it :-)

Thanks!
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