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Hoony Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

The part of speech 'as'

“Father, Father !” The people of Tonj, South Sudan, were all crying.

Some children were walking with pictures of a man.

They had lost a very special person.

The man in the picture was Father Lee Taeseok, a Korean priest and doctor.

In 2001, Father Lee Taeseok visited Tonj to help the sick and poor people there.

Life in Tonj was very difficult, so he soon returned to Korea.

However, he could not forget the people there.

So he flew to Tonj again later that year.

From then on, Father John Lee, as the villagers called him, worked tirelessly as a doctor, teacher, and musician.

Q. what is the part of speech of 'as' ? Is it a conjunction?

  

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Hoony Q. what is the part of speech of 'as' ? What part of speech is 'as'?

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  • Hoony Q.
  • what is the part of speech of 'as' ?
  • What part of speech is 'as'?
  • Is it a conjunction?
  • Yes, according to the Oxford Dictionary.
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HoonyQ. what is the part of speech of 'as' ?
What part of speech is 'as'? Is it a conjunction?

Yes, according to the Oxford Dictionary.

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/as

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HoonyFrom then on, Father John Lee, as the villagers called him, worked tirelessly as a doctor, teacher, and musician.
Q. what is the part of speech of 'as' ? Is it a conjunction?

I do not feel 100% convinced that it is a conjunction in this sentence. I think a case could be made that it is a relative adverb ... but I wouldn't stake my house on it!

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From then on, Father John Lee, [as the villagers called him], worked tirelessly as a doctor, teacher, and musician.

No, it's not a conjunction. Modern grammar takes this "as" to be a preposition with the underlined clause as its complement. The bracketed preposition phrase then functions as an adjunct of

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HoonyFrom then on, Father John Lee, as the villagers called him, worked tirelessly as a doctor, teacher, and musician.

I see "as the villagers called him" as a supplement in the sentence above. Am I correct?

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