Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
'as much as' and 'as much of a threat as'
Do the given sentence mean the same? I think they do.
1: As much as my dog pose a threat to the neighbourhood children, he is still my best and honorable friend.
2: As much of a threat as my dog pose to the neighbourhod children, he is still my best and honorable friend.
Q1:
'as much as' is used in the sentence 'even though'. Is 'as much as' a phrase?
Q2:
'He goes to a school', 'Does he go to a school?'. The inversion is used to change the senence into a question.
The actual phrase is 'as much as'. But in a construction like this 'as much of a threat as', its oiginal order has been broken down to two separate parts, 'as much' and 'as' separated by 'of a threat'. Is there a particular word for this breaking down of phrase - for reversing the order of structure of a sentence is inversion?
Q3:
Can you please tell me some other phrase(s) which can also be broken down without affecting the meaning?
Thank you for reading, and replying to this post.
1: As much as my dog pose a threat to the neighbourhood children, he is still my best and honorable friend.
2: As much of a threat as my dog pose to the neighbourhod children, he is still my best and honorable friend.
Q1:
'as much as' is used in the sentence 'even though'. Is 'as much as' a phrase?
Q2:
'He goes to a school', 'Does he go to a school?'. The inversion is used to change the senence into a question.
The actual phrase is 'as much as'. But in a construction like this 'as much of a threat as', its oiginal order has been broken down to two separate parts, 'as much' and 'as' separated by 'of a threat'. Is there a particular word for this breaking down of phrase - for reversing the order of structure of a sentence is inversion?
Q3:
Can you please tell me some other phrase(s) which can also be broken down without affecting the meaning?
Thank you for reading, and replying to this post.
Top answer
Hi, Do the given sentence mean the same? I think they do. 1: As much as my dog pose s a threat to the neighbourhood children, he is still my best and honorable friend.
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Hi,
Do the given sentence mean the same? I think they do.
1: As much as my dog poses a threat to the neighbourhood children, he is still my best and honorable friend.
2: As much of a threat as my dog poses to the neighbourhod children, he is still my best and honorable friend.
Q1:
'as much as' is used in the sentence
Do the given sentence mean the same? I think they do.
1: As much as my dog poses a threat to the neighbourhood children, he is still my best and honorable friend.
2: As much of a threat as my dog poses to the neighbourhod children, he is still my best and honorable friend.
Q1:
'as much as' is used in the sentence
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Hi Clive
I intended to use it in the sense of 'even though'.
This thread could be useful to understand the underlying problem. I hope you wou
I intended to use it in the sense of 'even though'.
This thread could be useful to understand the underlying problem. I hope you wou
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Hi,
I prefer not to jump into a thread that has already gone so far.
1: As much as my dog poses a threat to the neighbourhood children, he is still my best and honorable friend.
Q1:
'as much as' is used in the sentence 'even though'. Not exactly. It includes the idea of 'to the extent that'. I suppose the idea of extent comes from the u
I prefer not to jump into a thread that has already gone so far.
1: As much as my dog poses a threat to the neighbourhood children, he is still my best and honorable friend.
Q1:
'as much as' is used in the sentence 'even though'. Not exactly. It includes the idea of 'to the extent that'. I suppose the idea of extent comes from the u
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