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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

as (stop working as hard)

In fact, if praise is never given to him or her, a worker might feel that his hard work is not appreciated. Then he might stop working as hard, or even quit.

Q) Why "as" is there? What does it mean? and What's the difference when "as" is not there?
  

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He might stop working as hard. = he might stop working as hard as he had been working before. (but he might work fairly hard, instead of very hard) He might stop working hard.

  • He might stop working as hard.
  • = he might stop working as hard as he had been working before.
  • (but he might work fairly hard, instead of very hard) He might stop working hard.
  • = he might no longer work hard at all.
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He might stop working as hard. = he might stop working as hard as he had been working before. (but he might work fairly hard, instead of very hard)
He might stop working hard. = he might no longer work hard at all.

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