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标 题: Glossary of Usage(13)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (Tue May 16 07:44:14 2000), 转信
发信人: nostalgia (寂寞旅程), 信区: EnglishWorld
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Sun May 14 10:59:44 2000)
摘自Little Brown Handbook
as
Substituting for because, since, or while, as may be vague or
ambiguous: As we were stopping to rest, we decided to eat lunch.
(Does as mean "while" or "because"?) Usually a more precise word is
preferable.
As should never be used as a substitute for whether or who. I'm not
sure whether(not as) we can make it. That is the man who (not as)
gave me directions.
as, like
In formal speech and writing, as may be either a preposition or
conjunction; like functions as a preposition only. Thus, if the
construction being introduced is a full clause rather than a word
or phrase, the preferred choice is as or as if: The plan succeeded
as(not like) we hoped. It seemed as if(not like) it might fail.
Other plans like it have failed.
When as serves as a preposition, the distinction between as and like
depends on meaning. As suggests that the subject is equivalent or
identical to the description: She was hired as an Engineer. Like
suggests resemblance but not identity: People like her do well in
such jobs.
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