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Deborahjeong Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
What is the as in the sentence called, preposition or adverb clause?
But yogurt tasted with that spoon was also rated AS less sweet than when eaten with heavier or larger spoons.
I have been always wondering what this kind of AS is called grammatically, e.g. adverb, adverb clause, preposition etc. If it is a preposition, does that mean there is being omitted between AS and less since there should be a noun to come after the preposition AS? Or, is it an adverb clause? Could you help me clarify it? Thank you always.
I have been always wondering what this kind of AS is called grammatically, e.g. adverb, adverb clause, preposition etc. If it is a preposition, does that mean there is being omitted between AS and less since there should be a noun to come after the preposition AS? Or, is it an adverb clause? Could you help me clarify it? Thank you always.
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But yogurt tasted with that spoon was also rated AS less sweet than when eaten with heavier or larger spoons . The underlined expression is a preposition phrase headed by the preposition "as ". It functions as complement of "rated".
- But yogurt tasted with that spoon was also rated AS less sweet than when eaten with heavier or larger spoons .
- The underlined expression is a preposition phrase headed by the preposition "as ".
- It functions as complement of "rated".
- Prepositions can take several kinds of complement, not just noun phrases, but also PPs ( I stayed until after lunch ); AdvPs ( It won't last for long ); clauses ( I left because I was tired ).
- In your example, the preposition has the adjective phrase less sweet than when eaten with heavier or larger spoons as its complement.
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But yogurt tasted with that spoon was also rated AS less sweet than when eaten with heavier or larger spoons.
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