Don't lose your passport, as I did last year.

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Don't lose your passport, as I did last year.

I'd like to know whether the comma before 'as' is essential.
If not, I'd like to know what difference in the meaning there is between the sentence with a comma and the sentence without a comma.

Thank you, in advance, for your help.
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GPY · Accepted Answer

I see no difference in meaning with or without the comma.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, GPY, for your valuable answer.

I really gave up for this thread for dead.

Don't lose your passport, as I did last year.
'than' and 'as' as subjects, objects and complements" in "Oxford English Usage 3rd Edition" by Michael Swan>

I thought t the comma in my example plays the special role. If not, 'as' just looks to me like general relative pronouns like 'who', 'which', or 'that'.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as

3 as pronoun
Definition of AS
1
: that, who, which —used after same or such and chiefly dialect after a substantive not modified by same or such — Shakespeare>
2
: a fact that

So I'd like to know whether my example is a dialect as in the usage #1 of "Merriam-Webster."

GPY · Answer

park sang joonSo I'd like to know whether my example is a dialect as in the usage #1 of "Merriam-Webster."

This definition is not relevant to your sentence. The relevant definition is this one:

in the way or manner that

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, GPY, for your exact, I think, answer.

in the way or manner that
Don't lose your passport, as I did last year

Then, can I think "as I did last year" is used adverbially, and that a comma is not necessary?

GPY · Answer

The question of whether it is adverbial seems quite a subtle or debatable one. Personally I do not think it is, at least not in its normal interpretation.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, GPY, for your continuing to support.

Then, Do you think 'as' clause in my example is a relative clause and adjective clause?

GPY · Answer

park sang joonThank you, GPY, for your continuing to support. Then, Do you think 'as' clause in my example is a relative clause and adjective clause?

No, I see "as" as a conjunction.

Don't lose your passport, as I did last year.

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