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Navitasan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Such/as part II

Which are correct:

1-These are such good books as the ones they have.

2-These are as good books as the ones they have.

3-These are books as good as the ones they have.
  

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Try this: These books are as good as the ones they have. #3 is grammatical, but not particularly natural. #2 is odd in the plural.

— BarbaraPA

  • Try this: These books are as good as the ones they have.
  • #3 is grammatical, but not particularly natural.
  • #2 is odd in the plural.
  • I've heard "This is as good a movie as any I've ever seen," with our plural "as good books" it reads oddly.
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Try this: These books are as good as the ones they have.

#3 is grammatical, but not particularly natural. #2 is odd in the plural. I've heard "This is as good a movie as any I've ever seen," with our plural "as good books" it reads oddly.
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Thanks a lot GG,

Another question here. Which ones work in the negative:

1a-These are not such good books as the ones they have.

2a-These are not as good books as the ones they have.

3a-These are not books as good as the ones they have.
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None of those read naturally to me. #1a is the closest to natural, and #3a is not right at all to my ear.

But I would say this: These books are not as good as the ones they have.
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