That as the sun
This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.”
Please explain the use of "that as" in "idea that as the sun...".
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That passage is poorly written. It reads like it was written by a non-native speaker or a native speaker with a very weak grasp on the language. The grammar is so distorted that I can't tell you what it should have been, but it's not "that as".
- That passage is poorly written.
- It reads like it was written by a non-native speaker or a native speaker with a very weak grasp on the language.
- The grammar is so distorted that I can't tell you what it should have been, but it's not "that as".
- Consider part of it with the necessary comma: This is such a powerful idea that, as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, (the "that" clause should continue here, but it never does)".
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That passage is poorly written. It reads like it was written by a non-native speaker or a native speaker with a very weak grasp on the language. The grammar is so distorted that I can't tell you what it should have been, but it's not "that as". Consider part of it with the necessary comma:
This is such a powerful idea that, as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradual
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