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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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what is the meaning of "as" here?

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001.The Associated Press reported another security official 01font01i00as02i02font00 stating that at least eight people had been slain. 02br
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002.The Associated Press reported another security official 01font01i00as02i02font00 stated that at least eight people had been slain. 02br
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00So what is the exact meaning of "as" in the first sentence?02br
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00Thx a lot!0-
  

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01.The Associated Press reported another security official 01b00(presumably) reporting/which had (presumably) reported01font02font02b00 that at least eight people had been slain. 02br
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002.The Associated Press reported another security official 01b00THAT [but this is dialectal: as = that] stated01fo
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102.The Associated Press reported another security official 11font11i10as12i12font10 stated that at least eight people had been slain. 12br
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10This just isn't grammatical. Did you see it somewhere?
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01cite10Anonymous12cite101.The Associated Press reported another security official 11font11i10as12i12font10 stating that at least eight people had been slain. 12br
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102.The Associated Press reported another security official 11font
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0Hi GG.02br
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00Here are some of my opinions which may be incorrect.02br
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00quoted from 01i01font00American Heritage DictionaryChiefly02font02i00 , as a **** the word "as" means: (Upper Southern U.S.) Who, whom, which, or that:02br
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001.Those as want to can come with
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01cite10blackcheetah12cite10The Associated Press reported another security official 11font11i10as12i12font10 (=who) (had) stated that at least eight people had been slain.12blockquote
10 While this paraphrase may be helpful to the poster, let's point out that
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