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Nugso Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Consider as?

Hi. I was reading an article on wikipedia, and then I saw this:

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rak%C4%B1 (pronounced [?a'k?]) is the most popular alcoholic drink in Turkey. It is considered as the national alcoholic beverage of Turkey"

Shouldn't it be "It is considered to be the national..." or "It is considered the national..."?
  

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"Considered as" is okay, but I think it's slowly falling out of use in the sense of "considered to be."

Personally, I usually say either "regarded as [something]" or "considered [something]."
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Thanks, ozzourti. I thought it was wrong because I didn't see any example of consider as in Merriam Webster's dictionary, though Fraze.it has a lot of references to it!
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NugsoFraze.it has a lot of references to it!
"Consider X as" doesn't necessarily always mean the same as "consider X to be," though.
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ozzourti"Consider X as" doesn't necessarily always mean the same as "consider X to be," though.
I don't seem to be able to think of an example where this is true. If you have one, could you post it? Thanks.

CJ
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For instance, when "consider" is closer in meaning to "think carefully about" or even "analyze" than to "regard as." In other words, when it means "think (carefully) about one of the aspects of something."

Here is an example I found on Google (from some old text, but I think it still illustrates my point):

This principle I shall view on all its sides; I shall examine it histor
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Good example. Got it. I believe we could say that's a comparison clause.

I shall consider it [as / in the same way that] (I would consider) a question of theory, ...

CJ
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