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Bahareh M Posted 8 years ago
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As saying that

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What does "as saying that" mean?

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Similarly, it is perplexing that one cannot interpret a 95% confidence interval for a treatment difference as saying that the true difference has a 95% chance of lying in this interval.

  

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example:Similarly, it is perplexing that one cannot interpret a 95% confidence interval for a treatment difference as saying that the true difference has a 95% chance of lying in this interval. The collocation is 'interpret X as Y'. 'Saying' is a gerund and 'that' begins a relative clause modifying the gerund.

  • example:Similarly, it is perplexing that one cannot interpret a 95% confidence interval for a treatment difference as saying that the true difference has a 95% chance of lying in this interval.
  • The collocation is 'interpret X as Y'.
  • 'Saying' is a gerund and 'that' begins a relative clause modifying the gerund.
  • Another example: We can interpret a siren as announcing that an ambulance is approaching.
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Bahareh MWhat does "as saying that" mean?example:Similarly, it is perplexing that one cannot interpret a 95% confidence interval for a treatment difference as saying that the true difference has a 95% chance of lying in this interval.

The collocation is 'interpret X as Y'.

'Saying' is a gerund and 'that' begins a relative clause modifying the gerund.

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