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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

SUCH AS

In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as in its return of 1910-1911.

...bit confused about the usage of such as.... I dont think SUCH AS is used in above sentence to list out examples... and more over AS does not introduce a clause...but ETS says it correct one..

Am i missing out something? Please help me out

Thank you
  

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The structure is fine and common and is not setting out an example. There are elided words: In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as [it did] in its return of 1910-1911. CF: I have never seen such a large elephant as Jumbo.

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  • The structure is fine and common and is not setting out an example.
  • There are elided words: In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as [it did] in its return of 1910-1911.
  • CF: I have never seen such a large elephant as Jumbo.
  • There is no such thing as a free lunch.
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The structure is fine and common and is not setting out an example. There are elided words:

In no other historical sighting did Halley's Comet cause such a worldwide sensation as [it did] in its return of 1910-1911.

CF:

I have never seen such a large elephant as Jumbo.

There is no such thing as a free lunch.
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