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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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that would have been seen as/in science fiction

0Carmakers, eager to meet this expectation, are introducing high-tech features that would have been seen 01b00as/in02b00 sicence fiction just a few years ago.02br
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00Shoul I use "as' or "in" in the above? And why? Thanks.0-
  

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" " . . would have been 01u 00thought / considered02u 00 01b 00to be02b 00 science fiction .

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  • would have been 01u 00thought / considered02u 00 01b 00to be02b 00 science fiction .
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  • 02br 02br 00So I'd say both could be used.
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0Use "as." " . . . would have been 01u00thought / considered02u00 01b00to be02b00 science fiction . . . ." "looked upon as" "viewed as 01u00equal to02u00"02br
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00A few years ago, if someone were told about what we have today, they might say, "No, that cannot be real, that 01b00i
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0would have been seen as science fiction = would have been compared to the fantastic sorts of things written about in science fiction stories02br
00would have been seen in science fiction = would have been seen in science fiction movies or read in science fiction books02br
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