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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Usage of "as" as a pseudo relative pronoun
1) I hope to be a friend as will help you.
-> I hope to be a friend as a friend who will help you.
-> I hope to be a friend as who will help you.
-> I hope to be a friend as will help you.
2) Her feet were bare, as was the custom in those days.
-> Her feet were bare, as the foot which was the custom in those days.
-> Her feet were bare, as which was the custom in those days.
-> Her feet were bare, as was the custom in those days.
3) He was a brave man, as are all of his family.
-> He was a brave man, as men who are all of his family.
-> He was a brave man, as who are all of his family.
-> He was a brave man, as are all of his family.
Some book explains the usage of "as" as a pseudo relative pronoun and it says that antecedents like a friend, the foot and men and relative pronouns are omitted like the examples above but I think that especially in # 2 and #3, the full sentences in front of "as" is a thing "as" receives like "He is a foreigner, as evident from his accent."
What do you native English speakers think? Do you agree with the explanations and are they omitted like that?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
-> I hope to be a friend as a friend who will help you.
-> I hope to be a friend as who will help you.
-> I hope to be a friend as will help you.
2) Her feet were bare, as was the custom in those days.
-> Her feet were bare, as the foot which was the custom in those days.
-> Her feet were bare, as which was the custom in those days.
-> Her feet were bare, as was the custom in those days.
3) He was a brave man, as are all of his family.
-> He was a brave man, as men who are all of his family.
-> He was a brave man, as who are all of his family.
-> He was a brave man, as are all of his family.
Some book explains the usage of "as" as a pseudo relative pronoun and it says that antecedents like a friend, the foot and men and relative pronouns are omitted like the examples above but I think that especially in # 2 and #3, the full sentences in front of "as" is a thing "as" receives like "He is a foreigner, as evident from his accent."
What do you native English speakers think? Do you agree with the explanations and are they omitted like that?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Top answer
" It does not sound fully correct in modern standard English. " -- this doesn't make proper sense to me. " -- a more ungrammatical-sounding variant of "as will help you".
- " It does not sound fully correct in modern standard English.
- " -- this doesn't make proper sense to me.
- " -- a more ungrammatical-sounding variant of "as will help you".
- " Whether "as" is precisely synonymous with "which" seems open to debate.
- " -- doesn't make sense.
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1) "I hope to be a friend as will help you." -- this is an old-fashioned and/or dialect way of saying "I hope to be a friend who/that will help you." It does not sound fully correct in modern standard English.
"I hope to be a friend as a friend who will help you." -- this doesn't make proper sense to me.
"I hope to be a friend as who will help you." -- a more ungrammatical
"I hope to be a friend as a friend who will help you." -- this doesn't make proper sense to me.
"I hope to be a friend as who will help you." -- a more ungrammatical
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