These sentences on drug traffickers is grammatically fine, isn’t it?

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Drug traffickers could use violence to influence governments or stop government campaigns against drug trades. As such, they could assassinate influential persons who campaign against drug trafficking and government officials who lead anti-drug trafficking agencies.

Deadrat · Accepted Answer

I think at the government level, the campaigns are against "the drug trade."

The structure of your second sentence has the unfortunate "campaign against drug trafficking and government officials." It sounds like the officials are the targets of the campaign when you mean they're targets of assassins.

I don't think "As such" adds anything.

Rommel · Answer

deadratI don't think "As such" adds anything.

So I could omit the phrase as such?

Deadrat · Answer

"As such" means "finding things as they are." It's an introduction to an observation about the state of things.

"I will accept your explanation about the accident as such." You've said some things and claimed that what you said explained why there was an accident.. I have considered your statement and have decided that it makes sense.

"The house doesn't have a back yard as such, but it abuts a public park." There isn't a back yard, but the park makes it seem like there's one.

In your paragraph, you have terrorists possibly doing bad things, and then say "as such" they could do other bad things. Since this is a truism, I think you could leave it out without loss of meaning.

What do you think it adds?

These sentences on drug traffickers is grammatically fine, isn’t it?

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