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beastheart
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Idioms involving "as"
- Regarded as, Plays as, Defined as, Depicted as
- as long as, As much as
- such questions as
- X as means to Y:
- X as an Instance of Y
- As many X as Y
- As X as Y :
- Think of X as Y
- Use X as Y
- such X as Y and Z
- Same to X as to Y
- Just as: can replace in the same way that:Just as Elvis changed the face of rock n roll, Hawking changed the face of astrophysics
- Just as X, so Y :Just as gills are to fish, so lungs are to humans.
- Just as X, so too: Just as stealing is frowned upon, so too is cheating.
Idioms Involving "so"
- so X as to be Y : He was so jovial as to be practically silly
- so X that Y:
- Same to X as to Y"
- not so much X as Y: "Not so much to show Jane up as to make her appear foolish, Sarah pointed out Jane's error to
their supervisor."
- Use "So [ADJECTIVE] as to [VERB]" as comparator: "Her debts are so extreme as to threaten
her company." Do not use it to substitute for "in order to"
Please append the list with more Idioms or examples as you many as you would like to share, but I am curious how do you remember this ?
- Regarded as, Plays as, Defined as, Depicted as
- as long as, As much as
- such questions as
- X as means to Y:
- X as an Instance of Y
- As many X as Y
- As X as Y :
- Think of X as Y
- Use X as Y
- such X as Y and Z
- Same to X as to Y
- Just as: can replace in the same way that:Just as Elvis changed the face of rock n roll, Hawking changed the face of astrophysics
- Just as X, so Y :Just as gills are to fish, so lungs are to humans.
- Just as X, so too: Just as stealing is frowned upon, so too is cheating.
Idioms Involving "so"
- so X as to be Y : He was so jovial as to be practically silly
- so X that Y:
- Same to X as to Y"
- not so much X as Y: "Not so much to show Jane up as to make her appear foolish, Sarah pointed out Jane's error to
their supervisor."
- Use "So [ADJECTIVE] as to [VERB]" as comparator: "Her debts are so extreme as to threaten
her company." Do not use it to substitute for "in order to"
Please append the list with more Idioms or examples as you many as you would like to share, but I am curious how do you remember this ?















