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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
One of some special usages of 'that'
The protagonist is looking at so very long, black, and smoke-like a thing flowing forward.
Perhaps three-quarters of a mile distant, running from left to right for as far as I could see, was a wide, black band. We were several hundred yards higher than the thing and had a decent view of, I would say, half a mile of its length. It was several hundred feet across, and though it curved and turned twice that I could see, its width appeared to remain.
["The Guns of Avalon" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know how "that" can be used in lieu of "as far as."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Perhaps three-quarters of a mile distant, running from left to right for as far as I could see, was a wide, black band. We were several hundred yards higher than the thing and had a decent view of, I would say, half a mile of its length. It was several hundred feet across, and though it curved and turned twice that I could see, its width appeared to remain.
["The Guns of Avalon" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know how "that" can be used in lieu of "as far as."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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" Your phrasing here is a little like I'd like to know by what authority English speakers use "that" instead of "as far as"! It is truly shocking! How dare they do such a thing!
- " Your phrasing here is a little like I'd like to know by what authority English speakers use "that" instead of "as far as"!
- It is truly shocking!
- How dare they do such a thing!
- g, How can "perhaps" be used instead of "maybe"?
- It's just the way we use those words in English.
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park sang joonI'd like to know how "that" can be used in lieu of "as far as."Your phrasing here is a little like
I'd like to know by what authority English speakers use "that" instead of "as far as"! It is truly shocking! How dare they do such a thing!
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CalifJim I've never really considered the conditions under which we feel free to make that substitution. Sorry.I've thought about this some more, and I believe we use "that" for "as far as" with numbers. But it should be "that I know of" and "as far as I know".
It happened [once / twice / three times] [that I know of / as far as I k
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