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Angliholic Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Quoted the mayor as saying

The newspaper quoted the mayor as saying that he would run for a second term.

Hi,
Is it right to understand the stand-alone sentence in the above as "The newspaper quoted the mayor as he said that he ...?"
Besides, what on earth does "as" refer to here? Thanks.
  

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Well, your rendition is not natural. 'The newspaper quoted the mayor' is all that it means. '

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Well, your rendition is not natural. 'The newspaper quoted the mayor' is all that it means. It is a fixed construction that is probably too limited in use to appear in dictionaries: 'to quote someone as saying/asking/proclaiming/etc.'
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