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Chocolaty Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
"as to"
I see this pretty often, and while i still understand the sentence i'd like to know what it means exactly so that i can use it myself.
The preposition is "as to".
Here's the example: "In summary, a decrease in pressure favours the reaction that causes the number of molecules to increase, whereas an increase in pressure causes the equilibrium to shift in such a way as to reduce the number of molecules."
Now i've looked it up at dictionary.com and it gives me two definitions:
1 - With regard to
2 - According to
But when i replace these definitions in the example above it doesn't make sence.
Can someone help me out with this please?
Thanks in advance, chocolaty.
The preposition is "as to".
Here's the example: "In summary, a decrease in pressure favours the reaction that causes the number of molecules to increase, whereas an increase in pressure causes the equilibrium to shift in such a way as to reduce the number of molecules."
Now i've looked it up at dictionary.com and it gives me two definitions:
1 - With regard to
2 - According to
But when i replace these definitions in the example above it doesn't make sence.
Can someone help me out with this please?
Thanks in advance, chocolaty.
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This is not the same structure. The preposition takes a noun as object: As to (= with regard to) my uncle , he is not coming to the wedding. Please choose a train line as to (= according to) which part of Tokyo you want to visit.
- This is not the same structure.
- The preposition takes a noun as object: As to (= with regard to) my uncle , he is not coming to the wedding.
- Please choose a train line as to (= according to) which part of Tokyo you want to visit.
- ' 'Lance Armstrong cycles at such a speed as to leave all this opponents in the dust.
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This is not the same structure. The preposition takes a noun as object:
As to (= with regard to) my uncle, he is not coming to the wedding.
Please choose a train line as to (= according to) which part of Tokyo you want to visit.
In your example, the 'as' is part of the correlatives 'such...as', here meaning 'a kind which / so as to / in ord
As to (= with regard to) my uncle, he is not coming to the wedding.
Please choose a train line as to (= according to) which part of Tokyo you want to visit.
In your example, the 'as' is part of the correlatives 'such...as', here meaning 'a kind which / so as to / in ord
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