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Hhtt Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
As to [grammatic and meaning question]
I would like to ask about what is the difference between "as to your question" and "as an answer to your question" for the context following.
A: I asked a friend that are lions stronger than tigers and he said "yes.". So what do you think about this?
B: As to your question, I am not agree with your friend.
1. What meaning does "as to" add here? What if B have been said: To your question, I am not agree with your friend.
2. What is the grammatic name of "as to" used as in the above?
3. Is "as to" used as in the above only an ellipsis for "as an answer to" in general ?
Thank you.
A: I asked a friend that are lions stronger than tigers and he said "yes.". So what do you think about this?
B: As to your question, I am not agree with your friend.
1. What meaning does "as to" add here? What if B have been said: To your question, I am not agree with your friend.
2. What is the grammatic name of "as to" used as in the above?
3. Is "as to" used as in the above only an ellipsis for "as an answer to" in general ?
Thank you.
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hhtt B: As to your question, I am no t don't agree with your friend. As to your question means regarding / with regards to your question. hhtt To your question, I am not agree with your friend.
- hhtt B: As to your question, I am no t don't agree with your friend.
- As to your question means regarding / with regards to your question.
- hhtt To your question, I am not agree with your friend.
- This does not sound grammatical to me, but this may be understood as the form I wrote above.
- hhtt 2.
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hhttB: As to your question, IAs to your question means regarding/with regards to your question.am not don't agree with your friend.
hhttTo your question, I am not agree with your friend.This does not sound grammatical to me, but this may be understood as the form I wrote above
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hhtt As to your question,Regarding your question
Concerning your question
I am refocusing the conversation to talk about your question
hhttI do not agree with your friend.As corrected.
Use "do" as a helping verb in negative sentences or questio
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AlpheccaStars2. What is the grammatical name of "as to" used as in the sentence above?It is a two-word preposition. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/as-to?a=britishIn that link you have given, "as to" is named as an idiom.So is it
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It is a preposition.
An idiom is an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements.
Some idioms are phrases or even sentences without a named grammatical function. Other idioms have functions that can be classified as a part of speech such as a phrasal verb or preposition.
For example, the idiom "under the weather" is a
An idiom is an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements.
Some idioms are phrases or even sentences without a named grammatical function. Other idioms have functions that can be classified as a part of speech such as a phrasal verb or preposition.
For example, the idiom "under the weather" is a
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