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Sanders' Food company claims that their products are individually wrapped in foil as much to protect the product's freshness as to add to its aesthetics.

Is this sentence still grammatical withtout the adverb 'much'?

Enoon · Accepted Answer

No. The formula is "A does B as much to C as to D."

KrisBlueNZ · Answer

No, you can't remove much.

This sentence uses a standard idiomatic way to express an idea. The structure is "statement ... as much to/for ... first reason ... as to/for ... second reason."

statement = The Sanders' Food company products are individually wrapped in foil.
first reason = This protects the product's freshness.
second reason = This improves its aesthetics (appearance).

The sentence says that the statement is true because of BOTH reasons, and it compares (1) the DEGREE or EXTENT to which the statement is due to the first reason, with (2) the degree or extent to which the statement is due to the second reason. You could say that it compares the IMPORTANCE of the two reasons.

The sentence says that the first reason is as much of the reason for the statement as the second reason is. It says that the first reason has as much importance as the second reason.

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