As wet as.....
Please have a look at the journalistic/newspaper title below:
Paris-Roubaix: as wet as bike racing gets
My question is this:
When do you use the grammar structure/construction "AS + ADJECTIVE + AS + NOUN/NOUN PHRASE + VERB"?
Would you please give me some examples?
Thank you
Top answer
teal lime When do you use the grammar structure/construction "AS + ADJECTIVE + AS + NOUN/NOUN PHRASE + VERB"? That is an unremarkable construction. One idiomatic use is "AS + ADJECTIVE + AS + SAME ADJECTIVE + CAN BE", usually shortened to "AS + ADJECTIVE + AS + CAN BE".
- teal lime When do you use the grammar structure/construction "AS + ADJECTIVE + AS + NOUN/NOUN PHRASE + VERB"?
- That is an unremarkable construction.
- One idiomatic use is "AS + ADJECTIVE + AS + SAME ADJECTIVE + CAN BE", usually shortened to "AS + ADJECTIVE + AS + CAN BE".
- The racers in that race were as wet as wet can be.
- They were as wet as can be.
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teal limeWhen do you use the grammar structure/construction "AS + ADJECTIVE + AS + NOUN/NOUN PHRASE + VERB"?
That is an unremarkable construction. One idiomatic use is "AS + ADJECTIVE + AS + SAME ADJECTIVE + CAN BE", usually shortened to "AS + ADJECTIVE + AS + CAN BE". The racers in that race were as wet as wet can be. They were as wet as can be.
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