AS โฆ AS meaning
What does โas โasโ mean in English grammar? Here is some help with how to use this structure. What are the as as examples and comparisons?
You use โasโฆ asโ to talk about things that are very similar or the same. Using the asโฆas structure, we can compare things that have the same ratio. Letโs see different As as examples.
AS + adjective + AS
Grammar Examples:
- Iโm as old as my husband. = My husband and I are the same age.
- Your house is as beautiful as mine. = Your house and my house are equally beautiful.
When comparing two things that are the same in some way, we use as + adjective/adverb + as:
- The largest lion in the world is asย big as a car.
- Thisย summer season is just as bad as it was last year. Itโs been raining endlessly for months.
- You have to be very careful as you take it out of the package. It is very delicate.
Not asโฆ asย examples
Use Not as โฆย asย whenย comparing things that are notย identical:
- I was wrong about how heavy it would be, this bag isย not as heavy as I imagined it to be.
- Frankie is still shorter than Danny. He is not as tall as his brother.
- She doesnโt sing as loud as she could.
Not asโฆas can be changed by saying isnโt quite as or is not nearly as:
- The second race did not turn out to be quite as simple as the first one. The first race was easier.
- My old shoes were much more comfortable, and these new ones arenโt even close. (These new shoes arenโt as comfortable as my old ones.)
Asโฆ as + a possible examples
We use possibilities or abilities after asโฆ as:
- Can you get there as soon as you can?
- Visit as many places as possible.
- It was a race to get here as quickly as possible.
AS + Adverb + AS (used the same way as adjectives)
- I can do it as well as you. = not worse, not better
- I love him as much as he loves me . = not more, and not less, to the same extent
As much as, as many as examples
We use as much as with uncountable nouns and as many as with plural nouns when comparing quantities:
- Roger earns as much money as Joey but not as much as Eddie.
- They try to give them as much freedom as possible.
As much as and as many as refer to large quantities.
- Scientists have found a planet that is up to 2,500 times heavier than Earth.
AS WELL AS has another meaning: IN ADDITION TO
- Heโs a great husband as well as a great father. = Heโs a great husband and heโs a great father too.
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