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Zany banana 409 Posted 8 years ago
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Could you please check?

Could you please check if the following are correct?

1) A is as good as B is bad.

A is so good as B is bad.

A is good as much as B is bad.

A is good so much as B is bad.

2) She is as much a critic as a writer.

She is a critic as much as a writer.

She is so much a critic as a writer.

She is as much a critic as a writer.

3) He is not so much a painter as a singer.

He is not a painter so much as a singer.

He is not as much a painter as a singer.

He is not a painter as much as a singer.

4) 10 is as much less than 20 as 30 is greater than 20.

Could you please help? This 'so much as', 'as much as' things are nagging me terribly.

  

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1) A is as good as B is bad. (Good) If there is a scale ranging from -10 (extremely bad) to +10 (extremely good), then A and B would balance the scale, regardless of where they are absolutely positioned. A is so good as B is bad.

  • 1) A is as good as B is bad.
  • (Good) If there is a scale ranging from -10 (extremely bad) to +10 (extremely good), then A and B would balance the scale, regardless of where they are absolutely positioned.
  • A is so good as B is bad.
  • A is good as much as B is bad.
  • A is good so much as B is bad.
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1) A is as good as B is bad. (Good) If there is a scale ranging from -10 (extremely bad) to +10 (extremely good), then A and B would balance the scale, regardless of where they are absolutely positioned.

A is so good as B is bad.

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