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Tmbtw Posted 18 years ago
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This sentence is making me confused - Help plz

The villagers found the visitors as fastinating as their customs were mystifying.
In which way should i absorb this sentence? Is the structure "as...as" type of comparison ?
Thanks a lot .
  

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Hi, The villagers found the visitors as fastinating as their customs were mystifying. In which way should i absorb this sentence? It's stylish, formal, rather literary writing.

— Clive

  • Hi, The villagers found the visitors as fastinating as their customs were mystifying.
  • In which way should i absorb this sentence?
  • It's stylish, formal, rather literary writing.
  • as" type of comparison ?
  • Yes.
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Hi,
The villagers found the visitors as fastinating as their customs were mystifying.
In which way should i absorb this sentence? It's stylish, formal, rather literary writing.

Is the structure "as...as" type of comparison ?
Yes.
The visitors were fascinating.
Their customs were mystifying.
Both to the same degree.

Clive

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