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Johnleo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Pls explain the use of "as"

To fail to confront when confrontation is required for the nurture of spiritual growth represents a failure to love equally as does thoughtless criticism or condemnation and other forms of active deprivation of caring.

How is "as" and "does" structured in this sentence, esp the second part of it? Thanks
  

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Momentarily ignoring the word "equally", the basic meaning of "as does" is this: "To fail to confront when confrontation is required for the nurture of spiritual growth represents a failure to love. " "equally" seems to be joined with "as does" in a phrase "equally as does" (rather than modifying "love", which is potentially another way to read this sentence). I am not a huge fan of this phrase, but basically it means that the two things are equal in the extent that they represent a failure to love.

— Mr Wordy

  • Momentarily ignoring the word "equally", the basic meaning of "as does" is this: "To fail to confront when confrontation is required for the nurture of spiritual growth represents a failure to love.
  • " "equally" seems to be joined with "as does" in a phrase "equally as does" (rather than modifying "love", which is potentially another way to read this sentence).
  • I am not a huge fan of this phrase, but basically it means that the two things are equal in the extent that they represent a failure to love.
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Momentarily ignoring the word "equally", the basic meaning of "as does" is this:

"To fail to confront when confrontation is required for the nurture of spiritual growth represents a failure to love. Thoughtless criticism or condemnation and other forms of active deprivation of caring also represent a failure to love."

"equally" seems to be joined with "as does" in
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Thanks, Mr. Wordy.
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