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Qop Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
I have a hard time understanding this struture
Background information is that this guy teaches people how to play piano. In one of his uploaded videos (he's sitting in front of a keyboard at home), he said:
'I did want to say a quick note. I think I’ll be making a lot of these videos using this keyboard. I use this keyboard to practice at night. And I do most of my practicing at school during the day. So I won’t be able to make the videos as frequently if I have to be at a grand piano at all times cause I don’t have one here in my apartment.'
I don't understand the 'as ... if' structure.
What does 'as' here mean. Is it one of the 'as' in 'as+adjective+as' structure where another half is omitted here?
Or 'as' here doesn't mean anything? then why it's here?
'I did want to say a quick note. I think I’ll be making a lot of these videos using this keyboard. I use this keyboard to practice at night. And I do most of my practicing at school during the day. So I won’t be able to make the videos as frequently if I have to be at a grand piano at all times cause I don’t have one here in my apartment.'
I don't understand the 'as ... if' structure.
What does 'as' here mean. Is it one of the 'as' in 'as+adjective+as' structure where another half is omitted here?
Or 'as' here doesn't mean anything? then why it's here?
Top answer
I suppose "as frequently" means "as frequently as is actually the case (or I hope will be the case)". The point that he is trying to make is not very clearly expressed, in my opinion.
- I suppose "as frequently" means "as frequently as is actually the case (or I hope will be the case)".
- The point that he is trying to make is not very clearly expressed, in my opinion.
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I suppose "as frequently" means "as frequently as is actually the case (or I hope will be the case)".
The point that he is trying to make is not very clearly expressed, in my opinion.
The point that he is trying to make is not very clearly expressed, in my opinion.
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GPYI suppose "as frequently" means "as frequently as is actually the case (or I hope will be the case)".The point that he is trying to make is not very clearly expressed, in my opinion.I think
based on this:
I do most of my practicing at school during the day. So I won’t be able to make the videos as frequently if I have to be at a grand piano at all
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The problem is with the word "so". This implies that:
"I use this keyboard to practice at night. And I do most of my practicing at school during the day."
is a reason for:
"I won’t be able to make the videos as frequently if I have to be at a grand piano at all times cause I don’t have one here in my apartment"
It isn't clear to me why it should be a reason.
"I use this keyboard to practice at night. And I do most of my practicing at school during the day."
is a reason for:
"I won’t be able to make the videos as frequently if I have to be at a grand piano at all times cause I don’t have one here in my apartment"
It isn't clear to me why it should be a reason.
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