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Jalaladdin Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

As........as

A sentence from 'the guardian':

.....he's playing on the ignorence of those for whom Muslim and Islamist are as good as indistinguishable.

What does the red part in these sentence mean?
  

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"Those" people see almost no difference between Muslims and Islamists. "As good as X" roughly translates as:" almost X but not quite", "very close to being X".

— Makka2802

  • "Those" people see almost no difference between Muslims and Islamists.
  • "As good as X" roughly translates as:" almost X but not quite", "very close to being X".
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"Those" people see almost no difference between Muslims and Islamists.

"As good as X" roughly translates as:" almost X but not quite", "very close to being X".
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