Timeline for How should I use "as" and what is its semantic nuance?
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| Jan 17, 2016 at 1:39 | comment | added | prelude | I surely will!! | |
| Jan 17, 2016 at 0:52 | comment | added | ab2 | Yes. Although the English would be better as: "even when being a leader, he did not do things that even non-leaders should do." I hope the use of two "evens" in one sentence is not confusing. (If this has been helpful, you might want to click on the upward arrow over the 0 (upvote.)) | |
| Jan 17, 2016 at 0:44 | comment | added | prelude | Thank you! I see the point. So the first one is saying that "while being a leader, he did not act like a leader", and second one is saying that "even when being a leader, he did not do something that can be generalized, not confined to the leaders", right? | |
| Jan 16, 2016 at 21:02 | history | edited | ab2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Removed block quotes from my example sentences.
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| Jan 16, 2016 at 20:19 | history | edited | ab2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Totally rewrote in response to OP's comment.
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| Jan 16, 2016 at 19:48 | comment | added | prelude | Also, thank you for your kind answer, but I must say, I have not received an answer for the question I asked. Does the use of "as", alone in the sentence without "even", sound strange to you? Or does the sentence with "even" sound more strange? Or are both of them wrong semantically? | |
| Jan 16, 2016 at 19:45 | comment | added | prelude | Just to clarify, this leader has been the leader of a family for a long time but does not act like a proper leader. However, I do not know if he usually does not act like a leader, or always act like a leader but did not act like a leader in just one instance. | |
| Jan 16, 2016 at 19:41 | history | answered | ab2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |