The usage of "as much as"

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It often confuses me."Listening is as much a persuasive way as speaking""Listening is a persuasive way as much as speaking"Do these tow make any  difference?I would appreciate it if anybody could help me out of this.Kn

LouiseT · Accepted Answer

I am not certain what you are trying to say here. Let me try

At times listening is as persuasive as speaking.
Listening is as persuasive a way of management as speaking is.

if you have " AS adjective AS " then you do not need "much".

MUCH is used when comparing things that are not equal.

At times listening is much more persuasive than speaking.

I hope this helps

Anonymous · Answer

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Anonymous,

I have found these sentences in A Comprehensive Grammar of the

English Language, which is used by many teachers throughout the

world:

John, as much as his brothers, was responsible.

It was as much of a success as I had imagined it would be.

Therefore, I think that your sentence could be expressed as:

(1) Listening is as persuasive as speaking (is persuasive).

(2) Listening, as much as speaking, is a persuasive way.

(3) Listening is as much of a persuasive way as speaking

(is much of a persuasive way).

I think that "of" is often left out:

"Silence is as much [of] a virtue as speech (is much [of] a virtue)."

These are only my opinions.

(This submitted post has been proofread several times.)

Anonymous · Answer

Thanks for some sentences for my reference.

It seems to me that we can use "as much" in the same way that

we use " as well as".

Very usuful expression.

Thanks a lot

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