How to explain 'as' in a sentence? Jones said that he had not dropped the phone or physically damaged it, _______________ happened to a Sydney man who fell off his bike and suffered burns from an iPho

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How to explain 'as' in a sentence? Jones said that he had not dropped the phone or physically damaged it, _______________ happened to a Sydney man who fell off his bike and suffered burns from an iPhone. He also said that he had not used a non-Apple charging device. Why should '_____' be 'as'? What's the meaning of 'as' in this kind of sentence?

Jan 24, 2017 3:30 AM

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Here, "as" means "like". You can use "as" with an adjective ("as big as a whale" which means "the same size as a whale" or "like the size of a whale" -- e.g. "The car he bought me was as big as a whale") or with a situation as in the example you give and as in this sentence. Replace "as" with "like" and it might make more sense. :)

January 24, 2017

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