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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

As....., so....

As the price of heating oil increases, so does the price of electricity.

I found two conjunction words in this sentence. One is as, and the other one is so. Is it against the rules in English grammar? Please advise.

LC
  

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Lcchang As the price of heating oil increases, so does the price of electricity. I found two conjunction words in this sentence. One is as, and the other one is so.

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  • Lcchang As the price of heating oil increases, so does the price of electricity.
  • I found two conjunction words in this sentence.
  • One is as, and the other one is so.
  • Is it against the rules in English grammar?
  • Please advise.
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LcchangAs the price of heating oil increases, so does the price of electricity.

I found two conjunction words in this sentence. One is as, and the other one is so. Is it against the rules in English grammar? Please advise.

LC
The sentence is quite correct.
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Very correct.

As this is the case, so is this.
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This pattern is fine grammatically. It's used to show that two events (expressed by the same verb) happen in parallel.

As ..., so [do / does / did*] ...

*A modal verb or form of be can substitute for the forms of do shown here.

As the price of X increases, so does the price of Y.

Meaning:
As the price of X increases, the
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LcchangAs the price of heating oil increases, so does the price of electricity.

I found two conjunction words in this sentence. One is as, and the other one is so. Is it against the rules in English grammar? Please advise.

LC

IMO, not two conjunctions. as is a conjunction, so is an a
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