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Questions such as you have asked are difficult to answer.

  1. Questions such as you have asked are difficult to answer.
  2. Questions such as the one (which) you have asked are difficult to answer.
  3. Such questions as you have asked are difficult to answer.
  4. Such questions as the one (which) you have asked are difficult to answer.
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  1. He has thrown away such a woman as he will never see again.
  2. He has thrown away a woman such as he will never see again.
  3. He has thrown away such a woman as the ones whom he will never see again.
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  1. They eat such food as we give the dog.
  2. They eat food such as we give to the dog.
  3. They eat such food as the ones which we give the dog.
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  1. We must read such books as will benefit us.
  2. We must read books such as will benefit us.
  3. We must read such books as the ones which will benefit us.
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Do the above sentences mean the same thing?
  

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I have the same worries as you have. I have the same worries that you have. I have the same worries as the ones that you have.

  • I have the same worries as you have.
  • I have the same worries that you have.
  • I have the same worries as the ones that you have.
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  • Likewise, do the above three sentences mean the same?
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  1. I have the same worries as you have.
  2. I have the same worries that you have.
  3. I have the same worries as the ones that you have.
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Likewise, do the above three sentences mean the same?
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ExpHe has thrown away such a woman as he will never see again. He has thrown away a woman such as he will never see again. He has thrown away such a woman as the ones whom he will never see again.
Those are unusual, and the last does not mean the same as the first two.
ExpThey eat such food
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teechr The last sentence does not mean the same as the first two.
What about these then?
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  1. Such questions as you have asked are difficult to answer.
  2. Such questions which you have asked are difficult to answer.
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  1. He has thrown away such a woman as he will never see again.
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No, they don't mean the same.
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teechrNo, they don't mean the same.
Then how can you rephrase them (if possible)?

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ExpSuch questions as you have asked are difficult to answer.
Questions like the ones you have asked are difficult to answer.
ExpHe has thrown away lost such a woman as he will never see meet again.
He will never again meet a woman like the one he's lost.
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