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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Usage of 'as'
1) She thinks me a fool.
2) She thinks of me as a fool.
3) We use the same book as you do.
4) We use the same book you do.
I have seen all of the sentences and I would like to know if there is a meaning difference whether the preposition as is used or not? To my non native English ears, the #1 and #2 or the #3 and #4 respectively mean the same. What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much in advance.
2) She thinks of me as a fool.
3) We use the same book as you do.
4) We use the same book you do.
I have seen all of the sentences and I would like to know if there is a meaning difference whether the preposition as is used or not? To my non native English ears, the #1 and #2 or the #3 and #4 respectively mean the same. What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much in advance.
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Hans51 I have seen all of the sentences and I would like to know if there is a meaning difference whether the preposition as is used or not? There is no meaning difference. ' #3 and #4 seem fine and common.
- Hans51 I have seen all of the sentences and I would like to know if there is a meaning difference whether the preposition as is used or not?
- There is no meaning difference.
- ' #3 and #4 seem fine and common.
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Hans51I have seen all of the sentences and I would like to know if there is a meaning difference whether the preposition as is used or not?There is no meaning difference. I'm surprised that you have seen all the sentences, because for the first pair only this seems the natural utterance to me: 'She thinks I'm a fool.'
#3 and #4 seem fine and
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Thank you so much and some book says
"This is the same watch as I have" means just the same kind of watch, but not the very watch I have.
"This is the same watch that I have" means the same product I have.
However, they are used for the same meaning sometimes although they have such difference in meaning. Do you agree with this?
"This is the same watch as I have" means just the same kind of watch, but not the very watch I have.
"This is the same watch that I have" means the same product I have.
However, they are used for the same meaning sometimes although they have such difference in meaning. Do you agree with this?
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Hans51some book says"This is the same watch as I have" means just the same kind of watch, but not the very watch I have."This is the same watch that I have" means the same product I have.That is a totally imaginary prescription. They always have the same meaning: 'that' and 'as' are synonymous conjunctions.
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