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Song lyrics and poems are often difficult to understand because the writer uses very few words to establish the context. Send In The Clowns, comes from the Stephen Sondheim musical, A Little Night Music, first performed in 1973. |
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AS ... AS ADVERBS / PREPOSITION |
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This structure is used to measure and compare things that are of similar proportion. In this construction, the first as functions as an adverb modifying the following adjective or adverb. The second as functions as a preposition when it relates to the following noun or pronoun.
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FAULTS, FLAWS, WEAKNESSES AND DRAWBACKS |
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Faults
Fault is not so much used to talk about someone’s character. Instead we talk about electrical, mechanical or technical faults:
There was a fault in the wiring, and I had no idea how to correct it.There was a delay in the broadcast of the programme, and this was due to a technical fault.A mechanical fault caused the train to come off the rails.
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as... as as adverb / preposition Look at this example: - He came as quickly as he could.
This structure is used to measure and compare things that are of similar proportion. In this construction, the first as functions as an adverb modifying the following adjective or adverb. The second as functions as a preposition when it relates to the following noun or pronoun. (It can also function as a conjunction when it relates to the following clause. |
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