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PASTEL Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

as/that

1-This is the watch as I lost.

2-This is the watch that I lost.

As and that are so-called relative pronouns in this case. The first one indicates that I lost a watch and the style of the watch is similar with or the same to yours. The second one tells that I lost a watch and there's a watch right in the front. This is the one I lost.

Any comment?

One more question,

If there is slight difference between the example sentences above, what about the following sentences,
3- He answered the same way as you did.

4- He answered the same way that you did.

Do they convey the same meaning?

Thanks,

Pastel

  

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'This is the watch as I lost' -- this sentence is false. 'He answered the same way that you did' -- same meaning they convey to me. Inchoate

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  • 'This is the watch as I lost' -- this sentence is false.
  • 'He answered the same way that you did' -- same meaning they convey to me.
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'This is the watch as I lost' -- this sentence is false.
'He answered the same way that you did' -- same meaning they convey to me.


Inchoate
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Inchoateknowledge'This is the watch as I lost' -- this sentence is false.
No, it is dialect.

In some dialects
as = that

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as

: THAT -- used to introduce a noun clause and now dialect except in certain negative
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I apologize. I happen to leave something out of this sentence.

1- This is the same watch as I lost.

2- This is the same watch that I lost.

Do they mean the same?
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Yes, read the above, they are the same even now.
but
>I happen to have left something out of this sentence.
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1- This is the same watch as I lost.

2- This is the same watch that I lost.

One of my grammar books says that the first one refers to a similar type of the watch that looks like the one I lost, whereas the second one refers to the watch that I lost, exactly the same one.

I need your help.

Thanks, Pastel
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PASTEL1- This is the same watch as I lost.

2- This is the same watch that I lost.
One of my grammar books says that the first one refers to a similar type of the watch that looks like the one I lost, whereas the second one refers to the watch that I lost, exactly the same one.
OK, but in order for that 1 to have that meaning, I think it sho
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Dear Marius Hancu,

Thanks for replying. The book I'm reading is called 'Treasury of English Grammar,' written by a Taiwanese. I think I get your meaning but there's something that I would like to know.

Scenario 1

Marius has a cell phone, Nokia 007. I have the same one too. Last night, I lost my cell phone and I think it's gone forever. This morning, I met Marius a
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This is the same watch as I lost.
This is the same type of watch as I lost.

In careful speaking/writing, they don't mean the same.
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I see, thanks. Here's another scenario.

Scenario 2

Marius has a cell phone, Nokia 007. I have the same one too. Last night, I lost my cell phone and I think it's gone forever. This morning, I met Marius at the corner cafe. I saw his cell phone and I said,

Pastel: Bad news, Marius! I lost my cell phone!

Marius: I'm sorry to hear that. But what is your pho
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