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Murof Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
as...so...
As interest rates are rising, so have consumer and producer prices.
Is this sentence correct? Is "as... so..." here used idiomatically?
Do we always need "as..." before using "so (does)..." ? Can we change to say "Interest rates are rising, so have consumer and producer price" ?
Is this sentence correct? Is "as... so..." here used idiomatically?
Do we always need "as..." before using "so (does)..." ? Can we change to say "Interest rates are rising, so have consumer and producer price" ?
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so expresses a mirrored relationship that otherwise might be merely comparative. 'As interest rates rise, so does my blood-pressure'-- gives even an impression of cause-and-effect. 'Interest rates rise; so do the flood waters,'-- no cause-and-effect relationship here, nor any other connection than the mere comparison of rising .
- so expresses a mirrored relationship that otherwise might be merely comparative.
- 'As interest rates rise, so does my blood-pressure'-- gives even an impression of cause-and-effect.
- 'Interest rates rise; so do the flood waters,'-- no cause-and-effect relationship here, nor any other connection than the mere comparison of rising .
- Actions joined by as/so are more closely inter-connected, and inter-dependent.
- As/so can imply 'in the same manner as', 'for the same reason as', 'in the same time as', etc.
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As...so expresses a mirrored relationship that otherwise might be merely comparative.
'As interest rates rise, so does my blood-pressure'-- gives even an impression of cause-and-effect.
'Interest rates rise; so do the flood waters,'-- no cause-and-effect relationship here, nor any other connection than the mere comparison of rising.
Actions joined by
'As interest rates rise, so does my blood-pressure'-- gives even an impression of cause-and-effect.
'Interest rates rise; so do the flood waters,'-- no cause-and-effect relationship here, nor any other connection than the mere comparison of rising.
Actions joined by
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So if we say " Interest rates have risen, so have consumer and producer prices", it is also correct. The only difference is that those two things are not necessarily have cause and effect relationship as the "as... so ..." one, right?
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MurofRight. Except you want to ask. '...those two things do not necessarily have a cause and effect relationship, right?'.
The only difference is that those two things are not necessarily have cause and effect relationship as the "as... so ..." one, right?
(It's not quite right, though, to say that t
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