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Stephenlearner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

This is the same wristwatch I lost

Hi,

Are both of the following sentences correct?
This is the same wristwatch as I lost.
This is the same wristwatch that/which I lost.

Thank you
  

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stephenlearner Are both of the following sentences correct? The first uses a wrong conjunction. Only the second is correct.

— Prajwalkr

  • stephenlearner Are both of the following sentences correct?
  • The first uses a wrong conjunction.
  • Only the second is correct.
  • As means in the same manner as.
  • Think of this meaning in the first sentence and you will realize that it's meaningless.
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stephenlearnerAre both of the following sentences correct?
The first uses a wrong conjunction. Only the second is correct. As means in the same manner as. Think of this meaning in the first sentence and you will realize that it's meaningless.

Prajwal
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I'm going to disagree with praj-baby. "As" can mean many things.

"This is the same wristwatch as I lost." I would not be surprised to hear that around here. It's short for "This is the same (kind of) wristwatch as the one I lost." It is highly colloquial, likely regional, and grammatically indefensible.

"This is the same wristwatch that I lost." This would ha
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