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They accepted their award much as though they had expected it all along.  Does this sentence suggest that they had not really been obsessed with the idea of getting an award?

Philip · Accepted Answer

InchoateknowledgeThey accepted their award much as though they had expected it all along.

Does this sentence suggest that they had not really been obsessed with the idea of getting an award?

I see very much as if, which tells me that they expected to win....I'm not sure about their being obsessed.

Aperisic · Answer

InchoateknowledgeThey accepted their award much as though they had expected it all along.

Does this sentence suggest that they had not really been obsessed with the idea of getting an award?

No, they probably knew they are going to win. The winner was obvious.

much as though = even though

Marius Hancu · Answer

(very) much as if
(very) much as though
(very) much in a way/manner as if
(very) much in a way/manner as though

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Mary had ceased to stroke her brother's head; he moved it impatiently
between her knees, and, much as though he were a child, she began once
more to part the thick, reddish-colored locks this way and that.

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