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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

He is as great a president as ever lived.

The following is my own making.

1. He is as great a president as ever lived.

I'd like to know if the former "as" means "like" and the latter means "who."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon I'd like to know if the former "as" means "like" The sentence is a comparative. I am as good a tennis player as you (are). = We play tennis equally well.

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  • park sang joon I'd like to know if the former "as" means "like" The sentence is a comparative.
  • I am as good a tennis player as you (are).
  • = We play tennis equally well.
  • He is as great a president as (any president who) ever lived.
  • = He is equal to (or better than) any of the past presidents when the measure is "greatness".
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park sang joonI'd like to know if the former "as" means "like"
The sentence is a comparative.
I am as good a tennis player as you (are). = We play tennis equally well.

He is as great a president as (any president who) ever lived. = He is equal to (or better than) any of the past presidents when the measure is "greatness".
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your so very helpful answer. Emotion: smile
The following is from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.
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park sang joon"as fine a fellow as there is in Yarmouth"
This is the most verbose.

"as fine a fellow as any fellow (who lives) in Yarmouth (is)."
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