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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Same?

Hi teachers,

He's so cute. He look the same .............. when you were his age.

A) as
B) ---

The author of this question says A is correct. Is "as" required here? Can't we omit it? Thanks.
  

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Anonymous He's so cute. He look the same .............. when you were his age.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous He's so cute.
  • He look the same ..............
  • when you were his age.
  • This doesn't look right.
  • Neither the stem nor the choices are correct.
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AnonymousHe's so cute. He look the same .............. when you were his age.
This doesn't look right. Neither the stem nor the choices are correct.

He's so cute. He looks the same as you did when you were his age.

CJ
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Thank you CJ. Look (looks) is my mistake. (typo.)
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AnonymousThank you CJ. Look (looks) is my mistake. (typo.)
OK. It happens. You can probably get by without "you did" and just have "as", but it doesn't sound quite right to me.

If you have to choose, choose "as" because you can't just leave it with nothing at all there.

CJ
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CalifJimHe's so cute. He looks the same as you did when you were his age.
Can I presume that "as" is a conjunction, here, followed by the clause "you did" modified by the adverbial "when you were his age"?

Now, my next question is: can the conjunction "as' be followed immediately by an adverbial without the clause ("you did") which the
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AnonymousCan I presume that "as" is a conjunction, here, followed by the clause "you did" modified by the adverbial "when you were his age"?
Correct.
Anonymouscan the conjunction "as' be followed immediately by an adverbial without the clause ("you did") which the adverbial refers to?
As in what sentence? I'm trying to imag
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CalifJim AnonymousCan I presume that "as" is a conjunction, here, followed by the clause "you did" modified by the adverbial "when you were his age"?Correct.Anonymouscan the conjunction "as' be followed immediately by an adverbial without the clause ("you did") which the adverbial refers to?As in what sentence? I'm trying to imagine what kind of pattern you're thinking of
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Anonymous CalifJim AnonymousCan I presume that "as" is a conjunction, here, followed by the clause "you did" modified by the adverbial "when you were his age"?Correct.Anonymouscan the conjunction "as' be followed immediately by an adverbial without the clause ("you did") which the adverbial refers to?As in what sentence? I'm trying to imagine what kind of pattern you're t
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