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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Usage of 'as much as'
The gentleman has savoir-faire
As much as an elephant or a bear.
I’d like to take him for a spin
Back to the zoo to visit his kin.
This is lyrics and there is some phrase I have been wondering about, as much as.
Can I say, "I have money as much as you"? Or It should be, "I have as much money as you" and much can be omitted like "I have as much as you"?
And then here As much as an elephant or a bear modifies has and it means degree of have or it should be As much savoir-faire as elephant pr bear and the noun savoir-faire is just omitted and the phrase as much functions as an object of has like I have as much as you?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
As much as an elephant or a bear.
I’d like to take him for a spin
Back to the zoo to visit his kin.
This is lyrics and there is some phrase I have been wondering about, as much as.
Can I say, "I have money as much as you"? Or It should be, "I have as much money as you" and much can be omitted like "I have as much as you"?
And then here As much as an elephant or a bear modifies has and it means degree of have or it should be As much savoir-faire as elephant pr bear and the noun savoir-faire is just omitted and the phrase as much functions as an object of has like I have as much as you?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
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" is not right. " is correct. " would be correct if, by the context, the listener knows that you mean money.
- " is not right.
- " is correct.
- " would be correct if, by the context, the listener knows that you mean money.
- In the song, the phrase "as much as" is not used in quite the same way as the above examples.
- " It would not mean "as much as" here because elephants and bears don't have any savoir faire.
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"I have money as much as you." is not right.
"I have as much money as you." is correct.
"I have as much as you." would be correct if, by the context, the listener knows that you mean money.
In the song, the phrase "as much as" is not used in quite the same way as the above examples. ln the above examples, "as much as" means "the same amount as." But in the song, "as
"I have as much money as you." is correct.
"I have as much as you." would be correct if, by the context, the listener knows that you mean money.
In the song, the phrase "as much as" is not used in quite the same way as the above examples. ln the above examples, "as much as" means "the same amount as." But in the song, "as
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"The gentleman has savoir-faire as much as an elephant or a bear" means something very slightly different from "The gentleman has as much savoir-faire as an elephant or a bear". It is quite hard to explain, but I guess the latter is purely a quantitative comparison, while the former is more qualitiative. The extent to which this difference is intended or important in this poetic context is debatab
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