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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Legal Studies

As. vs. to be???

I'm not sure about the difference between these two, like in the sentence "The boy regarded her "as" ... or "The boy regarded her "to be", is the meaning any different or can they be used interchangeably?
  

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Hi, I'm not sure about the difference between these two, like in the sentence "The boy regarded her "as" ... or "The boy regarded her "to be", is the meaning any different or can they be used interchangeably? I would say they can often be interchanged in many contexts.

  • Hi, I'm not sure about the difference between these two, like in the sentence "The boy regarded her "as" ...
  • or "The boy regarded her "to be", is the meaning any different or can they be used interchangeably?
  • I would say they can often be interchanged in many contexts.
  • However, in other contexts, you could also interpret them this way.
  • The boy regarded her as his mother.
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Hi,

I'm not sure about the difference between these two, like in the sentence "The boy regarded her "as" ... or "The boy regarded her "to be", is the meaning any different or can they be used interchangeably?

I would say they can often be interchanged in many contexts.



However, in other contexts, you could also interpret them this way.

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