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"As knows all the tiptop young fellas?"— Is it correct?
In old movie 'Lady Chatterley', the actor says "as knows all the tiptop young fellas?".
Is 'as knows all the tiptop young fellas' grammatically correct? Is it like old English or some dialects?
If not, what is the correct version?
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as + adjective + as + pronoun
I have come across the sentence ": Dad's personal finances were about as healthy as he." and I can't help but feel something is wrong here, shouldn't it be " as healthy as he is" or as healthy as him ", if not, what's the difference between the…
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As (if) 'He behaved as were he a rich man'
If I were a rich man...
can be written as
Were I a rich man...
Is this rewriting also valid after 'as'?
He behaved as if he were a rich man...
He behaved as were he a rich man...
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Partial application of "As"
I'm facing a question in a legal document that asks
Do you currently have a valid visa or leave to remain as a dependant of a migrant?
To which of the parts should I associate "as a dependant of a migrant"? I mean, does this mean:
Do you…
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A question about "as"
I would like to say that "A" does "B" in the same way as "C" does "B". Can I directly say:
As "C" does "B", "A" does "B".
It looks a little strange to me, since the "as" may mean "when" here.
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find these as attractive a home as the rubble of the past
"So far we have used things like old car tires and rope, but we have a plan to carry out a more detailed study to test out a variety of artificial structures and see whether the sea creatures in the harbor find these as attractive a home as the…
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He enjoyed a drink after work, as is/does/did his wont
the definition of "wont" as a noun from britannica.com:
wont - (old-fashioned) a usual habit or way of behaving:
He enjoyed a drink after work, as is his wont ( = as he usually or often does).
(1a) He enjoyed a drink after work, as is his…
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"so many books as I would like." / "so many books as I would like to have."
I don’t have so many books as I would like.
I don’t have so many books as I would like to have.
Am I right that both versions sound good, or only the second one?
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What does this 'only as valuable as' mean in the context?
He soon developed new categories of these notes. He realised that one idea, one note was only as valuable as its context, which was not necessarily the context it was taken from.
The 2rd sentence, I think it means the note or idea was valuable…
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use of "as much as"
I come up with a question pretty confusing.
I'd like to make a sentence but somebody Keep saying it is wrong. I want you to check if it is right.
The sentence is :
He would play the guitar more skillfully as much as she used to play her piano.
I…
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Can the first "as" be omitted in an "as ~ as" clause?
I heard the following sentence on YouTube, and don't get the meaning of "as":
Despite only being around the same size as just California, Spain has more than five times the amount of high-speed rail lines "as" the entirety of the US combined…
KinoShita
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the same language as each other / the same language with each other
Most people in these countries speak the same language as each other – English. [There was a comparison between two countries in the text.]
Most people in these countries speak the same language with each other – English.
I can't understand the…
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He doesn’t love her half as he pretends
He doesn’t love her half as he pretends.
Is something wrong with that sentence? Why? Because of "half"?
As I know it, the version "He doesn’t love her half as much as he pretends." is more common.
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"Less babies as they are having, there still increases the population."
Is it right to say like this sentence?
Less babies as they are having, there still increases the population.
I mean
Although they're having less babies, the population still increases.
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Which one is grammatically correct: "use cup as a measurement system" or "use cup as measurement system"?
The question is whether there should be an indefinite article a before measurement or not. In general, "as a something, we use something else" or "as something, we use something else"? This also raises the question that in the case that a should be…
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