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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
As suspicious of / as
Hi teachers,
Excerpts:
The myriad jihadi groups working out of sanctuaries in the Pakistani tribal areas are as suspicious of volunteers coming from the West as they are of Afghans, Pakistani tribals, and Pakistanis from the populous Punjab or Kashmir.
1. Is this a comparison between two or more groups?
2. What kind of things the writer compare?
3. Why isn't "as suspicious as"?
Thank you.
Tinanam
Excerpts:
The myriad jihadi groups working out of sanctuaries in the Pakistani tribal areas are as suspicious of volunteers coming from the West as they are of Afghans, Pakistani tribals, and Pakistanis from the populous Punjab or Kashmir.
1. Is this a comparison between two or more groups?
2. What kind of things the writer compare?
3. Why isn't "as suspicious as"?
Thank you.
Tinanam
Top answer
1. -- It's a comparison of (a) volunteers and (b) Afghans, Pakistani tribals, and Pakistanis from the populous Punjab or Kashmir. 2.
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- -- It's a comparison of (a) volunteers and (b) Afghans, Pakistani tribals, and Pakistanis from the populous Punjab or Kashmir.
- 2.
- -- Other than what I have indicated in #1, there is no contextual evidence of what suspicious characteristics are deemed similar.
- 3.
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1. Is this a comparison between two or more groups?-- It's a comparison of (a) volunteers and (b) Afghans, Pakistani tribals, and Pakistanis from the populous Punjab or Kashmir.
2. What kind of things the writer compare?-- Other than what I have indicated in #1, there is no contextual evidence of what suspicious characteristics are deemed similar.
3. Why is
2. What kind of things the writer compare?-- Other than what I have indicated in #1, there is no contextual evidence of what suspicious characteristics are deemed similar.
3. Why is
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for answering my question.
I think I understood it completely wrong. Would you answer my questions below?
1. Does the Jihadi groups do not trust (a) and (b) equally?
2. Does they are of in "as they are of Afghans, Pakistani tribals, and Pakistanis from the populous Punjab or Kashmire" mean "Jihandi groups
Thank you for answering my question.
I think I understood it completely wrong. Would you answer my questions below?
1. Does the Jihadi groups do not trust (a) and (b) equally?
2. Does they are of in "as they are of Afghans, Pakistani tribals, and Pakistanis from the populous Punjab or Kashmire" mean "Jihandi groups
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1. Does the Jihadi groups do not trust (a) and (b) equally?-- the groups distrust A and B equally, yes.
2. Does they are of in "as they are of Afghans, Pakistani tribals, and Pakistanis from the populous Punjab or Kashmire" mean "Jihandi groups are suspicious of"? Does the writer avoid repetition of the word suspicious?-- Yes, that is right.
2. Does they are of in "as they are of Afghans, Pakistani tribals, and Pakistanis from the populous Punjab or Kashmire" mean "Jihandi groups are suspicious of"? Does the writer avoid repetition of the word suspicious?-- Yes, that is right.
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your help. I finally see the sentence structure.
Best wishes,
Tinanam
Thank you for your help. I finally see the sentence structure.
Best wishes,
Tinanam
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