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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject: as vs so |
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1.The achievements of New Zealand's women are inspiring, as are the attitudes of the New Zealand parliament and general public in supporting the closure of the gender gap.
2.The achievements of New Zealand's women are inspiring, so are the attitudes of the New Zealand parliament and general public in supporting the closure of the gender gap.
3.The achievements of New Zealand's women are inspiring, and so are the attitudes of the New Zealand parliament and general public in supporting the closure of the gender gap. |
I saw #1 in which the word 'so' is. I have some questions about it.
1.Does #1 make sense?
2.It seems to me that #3 is correct rather than #1. Please tell me your opinion.
3.How about #2?
4.Which one is most natural among them?
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dragn
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:08 am Post subject: |
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1.Does #1 make sense? Perfect sense!
2.It seems to me that #3 is correct rather than #1. Please tell me your opinion. Number 1 is perfect—using as here is tight and efficient. Number 3 is also correct, and basically means the same thing. Why use two words when one will do? There is only one reason to use no. 3 instead of no. 1, and that's because you aren't comfortable with this particular usage of as. Use this opportunity to get comfortable with it.
3.How about #2? Using so alone turns the second clause into an independent clause, which would have to be handled differently (a semicolon, a conjunction as in no. 3, etc.)
4.Which one is most natural among them? Unquestionably no. 1.
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