’As significant’ at beginning of a sentence
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“... In experimental research by Arpan and Roskos-Ewoldsen, stealing thunder in a crisis situation, as opposed to allowing the information to be first disclosed by another party, resulted in substantially higher credibility ratings. As significant, the authors found that "credibility ratings associated with stealing thunder directly predicted perceptions of the crisis as less severe. ...”
*source; ‘Strategic Communication Practices: A Toolkit for Police Executives’ by Darrel W. Stephens, Julia Hill and Sheldon Greenberg
For As significant above I guess its full sentence before omitting is ’As (is) significant (as previous)’ as a kind of comparative expression, but your comment would be much appreciated.
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deepcosmos For As significant above I guess its full sentence before omitting is ’As (is) significant (as previous)’ as a kind of comparative expression You have the meaning right, but nothing has been omitted. The writers went too far, I'd say. That "as significant" threw me at first.
- deepcosmos For As significant above I guess its full sentence before omitting is ’As (is) significant (as previous)’ as a kind of comparative expression You have the meaning right, but nothing has been omitted.
- The writers went too far, I'd say.
- That "as significant" threw me at first.
- The meaning of "as" is not immediately apparent, and the phrase seems to apply to the authors' finding, whereas it is meant to apply to what the authors found.
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deepcosmosFor As significant above I guess its full sentence before omitting is ’As (is) significant (as previous)’ as a kind of comparative expression
You have the meaning right, but nothing has been omitted. The writers went too far, I'd say. That "as significant" threw me at first. The meaning of "as" is not immediately apparent, and the phrase seems to
0deepcosmosAs significant, the authors found that "credibility ratings associated with stealing thunder directly predicted perceptions of the crisis as less severe. ...”
This boils down to
The authors found it significant that "credibility ratings ...".
CJ
(answered at the request of the OP)
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