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You can benefit from some positive changes as to how you feel and how you react.

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Ask yourself if the sentence is clearer with it or without it. – Barrie England Aug 20 '12 at 14:28
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I think not. The repeated how makes the structure of the ellipsis pretty clear. – StoneyB Aug 20 '12 at 14:33
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I would use "in" instead of "as to", which is, IMHO, a porky pretentious verbosity typical of contemporary native speakers of English. An alternative is to say "You {can / may / might / will} benefit by changing how you feel and how you react". – Bill Franke Aug 22 '12 at 6:05

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In my modest humble opinion the word 'as' is needed in the following sentence.

You can benefit from some positive changes as to how you feel and how you react.

I don't think that it is a 'a porky pretentious verbosity typical of contemporary native speakers of English'.

'porky' in this context presumably meaning 'lying' as in 'porky pies' or 'lies'.

I think that the sentence is typical of contemporary native speakers of English.

Why is the word 'as' added to the sentence?

What does the word 'as' add to the sentence?

I think that it is added to add emphasis. You will experience positive changes in to how you feel and how you react.

By using the word 'as' it is as if the person is being more objective. They are not simply saying 'in my opinion you will feel better' they are saying; 'you will experience the following changes'.

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No if you include "as" it actually doesn't make sense. The correct sentence would read: "You can benefit from some positive changes to how you feel and react.". I also emitted the second "how you" as there is no need for repetition in this case.

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No: the two sentences have different meanings but both are meaningful and grammatically correct. "As to" means "with reference to". The OP will just need to choose the sentence which conveys the intended meaning. – MετάEd Aug 24 '12 at 14:46

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