As to her daughter
1) She spoke angrily to me, as to her daughter.
Does '1' mean
a) She spoke angrily to me and to her daughter as well.
b) She spoke angrily to me in the same way she spoke to her daughter.
c) She spoke angrily to me, as if I were her daughter.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
navitasan 1) She spoke angrily to me, as to her daughter. That is odd language, and I have no confidence that the writer succeeded in conveying what he intended. "As to" in that position is old-fashioned, and in the past it would have meant something like that she spoke angrily to both of you, first to the daughter and then in similar fashion to you.
- navitasan 1) She spoke angrily to me, as to her daughter.
- That is odd language, and I have no confidence that the writer succeeded in conveying what he intended.
- "As to" in that position is old-fashioned, and in the past it would have meant something like that she spoke angrily to both of you, first to the daughter and then in similar fashion to you.
- But it would have been a poor way of expressing that even then.
- If you got this from grammarclassblog, it is an indication that you should run everything you find there by the teachers here before you believe it.
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navitasan1) She spoke angrily to me, as to her daughter.
That is odd language, and I have no confidence that the writer succeeded in conveying what he intended. "As to" in that position is old-fashioned, and in the past it would have meant something like that she spoke angrily to both of you, first to the daughter and then in similar fashion to you. But it
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