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Cogar Posted 18 years ago
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as proud as

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001) Tom's parents are proud of him; and02br
002) Tom is proud of himself; and02br
003) Their level of pride is the same,02br
00does the sentence below capture all i want to say succintly?02br
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01b01font00His parents are as proud of him as he is of himself.02font02b02br
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0I can't think of a better way to say it. It seems to include the assumption that he would naturally be very proud of himself. There would need to be some prior context to support this, I think.

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  • 0I can't think of a better way to say it.
  • It seems to include the assumption that he would naturally be very proud of himself.
  • There would need to be some prior context to support this, I think.
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0I can't think of a better way to say it. It seems to include the assumption that he would naturally be very proud of himself. There would need to be some prior context to support this, I think. (He may in fact consider himself a piece of crud.)0-
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01b01font00His parents are as proud of him as he himself is.02font02b00 0-
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1b01font00His parents are as proud of him as he is of himself.02font02b02br
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