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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
He had known her () as a flapper
The protagonist, Philip was invited to a hop-field at Ferne by his middle aged friend Athenly, where the Athenlys goes every autumn, and he came to the hut Athenly rented.
The next early morning, they went a-hopping.
Here "her" refers to Athenly's eldest daughter Sally.
He liked to see her deft movements, and she watched him too now and then with that maternal spirit of hers which was so amusing and yet so charming. He was clumsy at first, and she laughed at him. When she bent over and showed him how best to deal with a whole line their hands met. He was surprised to see her blush. He could not persuade himself that she was a woman; because he had known her as a flapper, he could not help looking upon her as a child still
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
I'd like to know why it is "as," not "from as."
Thank you in advance for your help.
The next early morning, they went a-hopping.
Here "her" refers to Athenly's eldest daughter Sally.
He liked to see her deft movements, and she watched him too now and then with that maternal spirit of hers which was so amusing and yet so charming. He was clumsy at first, and she laughed at him. When she bent over and showed him how best to deal with a whole line their hands met. He was surprised to see her blush. He could not persuade himself that she was a woman; because he had known her as a flapper, he could not help looking upon her as a child still
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
I'd like to know why it is "as," not "from as."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
" That's difficult to answer because it's so difficult to understand what makes you think "from as" would have any meaning. What justifies the use of "from", I wonder? It's a Subject - Verb - Object - [ null / as / to be ] - Object Complement structure.
- " That's difficult to answer because it's so difficult to understand what makes you think "from as" would have any meaning.
- What justifies the use of "from", I wonder?
- It's a Subject - Verb - Object - [ null / as / to be ] - Object Complement structure.
- He considered her to be a flapper.
- They found her (to be) guilty.
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park sang joonI'd like to know why it is "as," not "from as."That's difficult to answer because it's so difficult to understand what makes you think "from as" would have any meaning. What justifies the use of "from", I wonder?
It's a Subject - Verb - Object - [ null / as / to be ] - Object Complement structure.
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Thank you, CalifJim, for your So very helpful answer. 
I'm so sorry; I thought "as" meant "when."
I'm so sorry; I thought "as" meant "when."
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park sang joonI thought "as" meant "when."Ah. Now I see why you asked about "from". Being a native speaker, I saw the object-complement structure immediately, so I didn't even think of "when" there. It's sometimes hard for us to get into the minds of learners.
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