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Sinbadsunny Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

In regard to as ...as

it is no longer as tempting to see language as an insidious shaper of thought, and, we shall see, it is not.

fish could just as sensibly be spelled ghoti (gh as in tough, o as in women, ti as in nation)

I want to know why the second as in structure of "as adv. as ..." can be omitted in the above sentences.
  

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Sinbadsunny fish could just as sensibly be spelled ghoti (gh as in tough, o as in women, ti as in nation) ,,, why the second as in structure of "as adv. " can be omitted ... why the second 'as' in the structure "as adv as" can be omitted It can be omitted because it is so easily assumed.

— CalifJim

  • Sinbadsunny fish could just as sensibly be spelled ghoti (gh as in tough, o as in women, ti as in nation) ,,, why the second as in structure of "as adv.
  • " can be omitted ...
  • why the second 'as' in the structure "as adv as" can be omitted It can be omitted because it is so easily assumed.
  • We already know how to spell "fish".
  • "fish" could just as sensibly be spelled ghoti ( gh as in tough , o as in women , ti as in nation ) as it can be spelled "fish".
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Sinbadsunnyfish could just as sensibly be spelled ghoti (gh as in tough, o as in women, ti as in nation)
,,, why the second as in structure of "as adv. as ..." can be omitted
... why the second 'as' in the structure "as adv as" can be omitted
It can be omitted because it is so easily assumed. We already know how to
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