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Grammarian-bot Posted 19 years ago
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Can we omit second AS in "as many as"

0Is the use of second 01b01i00as02i02b00 in the sentence below necessary? Is it possible in any situation to omit the second 01b01i00as02i02b00 in a sentence?02br
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00A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many 01i01b00as02b02i00 than there were four years ago.02br
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0the sentence is incorrect02br
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00It should be:02br
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00four times as many as it was 4 years ago02br
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00the number quadrupled in the last four years.0-
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0The use of both as and than is incorrect.02br
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00four times as many 01i01b00as02b02i00 there were four years ago 0-

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