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Andrea Del Bene Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

USage of 'AS' as conjunction

Hi everybody!

I'm wondering if 'AS' can be used as conjunction in a context like this:

"We are a step away from compliting our christmas tree as we must just place the topper"

Thank you.
  

Top answer

Yes, with a comma, but it sounds a bit literary.

  • Yes, with a comma, but it sounds a bit literary.
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Yes, with a comma, but it sounds a bit literary.
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Yes, you are perfeclty right, it's a bit litteray but it's not a problem because it's taken from a technical manual I'm writing. The original sentence is strictly technical and I've adapted it to make it meaningful for not-technical guys
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enoonYes, with a comma, but it sounds a bit literary.
No need for the comma, as with as the comma only helps eliminate ambiguity; not needed here.
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AnonymousNo need for the comma, as with as the comma only helps eliminate ambiguity; not needed here.
Wrong. Read any professionally edited text. From Strunk, for instance: "Two-part sentences of which the second member is introduced by as (in the sense of because), for, or, nor, and while (in the sense of and at the same time

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