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Fattyshank Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Usage of "as"

Hello.

I'd like to know when we're to use as + present simple and as + present continuous, for example:

It's the feeling I'm getting/get as I listen to music and I have a lot of fun as I'm playing guitar.

Is it that as soon as can be simplified to as ? Could we say as I get there instead of as soon as I get there I'll call you?

Thanks a lot.
  

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Hi I think it is as + present simple most of the times. It's the feeling I get as I listen to music I have a lot of fun as I play guitar. Is it that as soon as can be simplified to as ?

— Prajwalkr

  • Hi I think it is as + present simple most of the times.
  • It's the feeling I get as I listen to music I have a lot of fun as I play guitar.
  • Is it that as soon as can be simplified to as ?
  • as soon as= immeadiately.
  • as= while/because.
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Hi

I think it is as + present simple most of the times.

It's the feeling I get as I listen to music

I have a lot of fun as I play guitar.

Is it that as soon as can be simplified to as ?

as soon as= immeadiately.

as= while/because.

So, no.

Could we say as I get there instead o
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Thank you. What about As I reached it I thought of Dudley and began to wonder whether they were all ? I don't think as I reached means while I reached. I think it was about a complete action like as soon as I reached it. So, what are the cases we use as as as soon as?
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What about As I reached it

No. It doesn't mean as soon as I reached it, and it doesn't mean while I reached it.

It means something closer to just at the moment I was reaching it, or just when I was about to reach it. It's that brief period of time just before you reach it.

CJ
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Hi, CJ. Could you explain to me the difference between just as the moment I was reaching it , while I reached it and while I was reaching it ?
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Could you explain to me the difference between just at the moment I was reaching it , while I reached it and while I was reaching it ?

while I reached it and while I was reaching it don't make any sense to me.

to reach in the sense of to arrive is a verb that indicates an instantaneous event, an event with negligible durat
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CalifJim while I reached it and while I was reaching it don't make any sense to me.
What about this: While I was reaching for the wallet to pay for my purchase somebody kicked me in the back and took away all my money ?
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While I was reaching for the my wallet to pay for my purchase, somebody kicked me in the back and took away all my money.

Perfect! (as corrected)

Here reach for means something different from reach in the sense of 'arrive at
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Alright, thank you. Hence this question arises: what's wrong with take away ?
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fattyshank... what's wrong with take away ?
It's unidiomatic in that context. Robbers kick you and take your money. Anyone who takes something from you by force is obviously taking it away from you and is never going to give it back, so we don't say "away". The main point is that the robbers are going to keep it, not take it somewhere else.
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