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Surfer Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Using as

His speed is equal to his strength, can we say:

He is as fast as he is strong?

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Yes, correct.

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Well, I have certainly heard that, but if you stop to think about it, how can you compare them? They're apples and oranges. If I were doing it, I would think of another expression.
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Mister Micawberbut if you stop to think about it
I wouldn’t. I consider it a very natural way to express the parallelism or comparability between two qualities—that one is not notably disproportionate to the other.

Inconsistently, perhaps, I would raise an eyebrow at His speed is equal to his strength.
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Mister MicawberWell, I have certainly heard that, but if you stop to think about it, how can you compare them? They're apples and oranges. If I were doing it, I would think of another expression.
I feel the same. Would this be more convincing:

He is as much fast as he is strong.
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Oops! I think that is not so good. What I think is that I would just write or say 'He is very fast and very strong'.

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