For as much as we know about it.....
Hi everyone.
There's a sentence in the "TV show How I Met Your Mother" which I can't understand.
For as much as we know about this species, there's still so much we don't know.
What's the meaning of "for as much as"?
Top answer
". The purpose of "for" is not very clear to me. It could be used in the sense of "because", though this is mostly a literary use and not very common in everyday language.
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- The purpose of "for" is not very clear to me.
- It could be used in the sense of "because", though this is mostly a literary use and not very common in everyday language.
- Otherwise, it could be just a superfluous embellishment of the expression "as much as", perhaps influenced by a confusion with the different expression "for all we know".
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"As much as we know about this species ..." means "Even though we know quite a lot about this species ...". The purpose of "for" is not very clear to me. It could be used in the sense of "because", though this is mostly a literary use and not very common in everyday language. Otherwise, it could be just a superfluous embellishment of the expression "as much as", perhaps influenced by a confusi
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