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[oldfatfarang]

- Which sentence:
- is correct?
- more grammatically correct?
- Why?

1) As for how I feel about my music, I want to share everything
with them.

2) As far as how I feel about my music, I want to share everything
with them.


To me, sentence #2 is clumsy .

I'd just say, I'd like to share my music with everyone.
But the textbook requires as far as or as for.

Any help appreciated. Thanks.

[thegadfly]

Is saying that the textbook simply has a mistake a possibility?

Both examples are supposed to be discussing music, but instead are discussing the audience.

As for how I feel about my listeners, I want to share everything with them.

As far as how I feel about my listeners, I want to share everything with them.

Even in that case, I want to use colons instead of commas....

Music? I would say it is simply wrong in the book, give clearer examples, and move on...if that is not possible, I am afraid I can't help you -- they both look wrong to me....

[alljokingaside]

http://www.answers.com/topic/as-far-as

Sentence 1's correct. Sentence 2 would probably have a prescriptivist in fits and doesn't "fit" the definition of the phrase, but hey- at least I understand the point. Same can't be said of everything I hear.

And yes, very clumsy.

[oldfatfarang]

Thanks for the input. Yes, these textbooks aren't the best. This is for my co-teacher - and she really wants a grammatical explanation. Sadly, that's not my forte.

Any more input appreciated. Thanks.

[Thiuda]

[Privateer]

[murmanjake]