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Desafinado Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

How to use "as a + adjective"

I would like to know how to use "as a + adjective". I have see it on the following sentences. Is this usage common?

If we think about the air inside a balloon or paper bag as a large, contained pressure wave, then the puzzle begins to make sense.

The larger the wave, the more powerfully it crashes into the surf. When the highly pressurized wave from a popped balloon or bag hits the ear, the inner ear translates the sudden increase in pressure as a loud, ringing pop.
  

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Desafinado I would like to know how to use "as a + noun ". I have see it on the following sentences. Is this usage common?

— Mister Micawber

  • Desafinado I would like to know how to use "as a + noun ".
  • I have see it on the following sentences.
  • Is this usage common?
  • It is the noun that is part of the structure: 'think about the air as a wave' ; 'translates the increase as a pop' .
  • It is common: use it as you see it used in those sentences: Think about X as Y Translate X as Y Treat X as Y Consider X as Y etc.
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DesafinadoI would like to know how to use "as a + noun". I have see it on the following sentences. Is this usage common?
It is the noun that is part of the structure: 'think about the air as a wave'; 'translates the increase as a pop'.

It is common: use it as you see it used in those sentences:

Think abou
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These are not really "as a + adjective". They are "as a + noun" ("as a pressure wave", "as a pop"), where the nouns are modified by adjectives. True "as a + adjective" is not possible.
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Think of it this way.

If we think about the air inside a balloon or paper bag as a pressure wave that is large and contained, then the puzzle begins to make sense.
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