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by givemeanid » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:10 pm
'as much as' is the correct idiom. Original sentence is correct.
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by narenism » Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:36 am
givemeanid wrote:'as much as' is the correct idiom. Original sentence is correct.
a little confused .... the option B also looks good to me ...
Is it because "so much as even " becomes redundant since "so much as" is used here for "even"...

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by nibake » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:15 pm
Nope, it's really just idiomatic as givemeanid said.

as...as

None of the other constructions is correct.

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