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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

the usage of "as"

We do not experience information as pure data, be it a byte or a yottabyte, but as filtered and framed through the keyboards, screens, and touchpads of our digital technologies.
In this sentence, the "as filtered and framed through" part seems wierd. we say "experience sth as " , but "experience sth as + verb"? Do native speakers use as like this?
The whole article is here: http://www.iasc-culture.org/THR/THR_article_2012_Spring_Wellmon.php

Thanks for your help.
  

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com/dictionary/a's def. 3 ), but the writer threw us a curve ball by using "as" as a preposition in "as pure data" and then contrasting it with the adverb in "as filtered and framed". I had to stop reading to think (also, I don't know what "framed through" means).

— Enoon

  • com/dictionary/a's def.
  • 3 ), but the writer threw us a curve ball by using "as" as a preposition in "as pure data" and then contrasting it with the adverb in "as filtered and framed".
  • I had to stop reading to think (also, I don't know what "framed through" means).
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Yes ( http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a's def. 3 ), but the writer threw us a curve ball by using "as" as a preposition in "as pure data" and then contrasting it with the adverb in "as filtered and framed". I had to stop reading to think
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through = by means of
The essay is probably on information overload.
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Mentee through = by means ofThe essay is probably on information overload.http://www.iasc-culture.org/THR/THR_article_2012_Spring_Wellmon.php
Yes, I understand English, it's just that the "through" in "filtered through" is not that one, so you can'
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enoonYes, I understand...
No offense, I completely missed the point. I made a mistake.
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MenteeNo offense
No worries, mate.
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