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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

does this sentence contain two levels of meanings?

AS the committee has written in its report, the rules need to be enforecd more strictyly.
The first meaning , "because the committe haswritten in its report, the rules need to be enforecd more strictyly."
The second meaning "the rules need to be enforecd more strictyly in accorance with what has been written by the committee in its report."
  

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AS the committee has written in its report, the rules need to be enforecd more strictyly. " No. This meaning would require an object for 'written' eg AS the committee has written the recommendation in its report, the rules need to be enforced more strictly.

  • AS the committee has written in its report, the rules need to be enforecd more strictyly.
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  • This meaning would require an object for 'written' eg AS the committee has written the recommendation in its report, the rules need to be enforced more strictly.
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AS the committee has written in its report, the rules need to be enforecd more strictyly.

The first meaning , "because the committe haswritten in its report, the rules need to be enforecd more strictyly."
No. This meaning would require an object for 'written'
eg AS the committee has written the recommendation in its
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so why the second meaning is correct without an object such as documentation? Thank you so much!
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AS can mean in accordance with what.
eg In accordance with what the committee has written in its report, the rules need to be enforced more strictly.

AS can also mean because.
eg Because the committee has

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