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:just as <span style="color:#042;font-size:90%;font-weight:bold;">ADJ</span> as.  ("But elder brother was <span style="color:#204; font-weight:bold;">''just as''</span> late <span style="font-size:72%;">(last night)</span> <span style="color:#204; font-weight:bold;">''as''</span> I was <span style="font-size:72%;">(tonight)</span>, and you hardly said a word to him.")
 
:just as <span style="color:#042;font-size:90%;font-weight:bold;">ADJ</span> as.  ("But elder brother was <span style="color:#204; font-weight:bold;">''just as''</span> late <span style="font-size:72%;">(last night)</span> <span style="color:#204; font-weight:bold;">''as''</span> I was <span style="font-size:72%;">(tonight)</span>, and you hardly said a word to him.")
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===Non-equivalence / proportion===
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:half as wise as all that
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:half as many again  (= 50% more)
  
 
==Reason==
 
==Reason==

Revision as of 13:26, 15 March 2020

Co-relator

Equivalence

as ADJ as = aussi ADJ que
as ADV as = aussi ADV que
as many Ns as = autant de N que
as much N as = autant de N que

The first correlator can be replaced with so, though this is very marked (and rare).

just as ADJ as. ("But elder brother was just as late (last night) as I was (tonight), and you hardly said a word to him.")

Non-equivalence / proportion

half as wise as all that
half as many again (= 50% more)

Reason

As I was on call anyway, I decided to go in to work. --> Puisque/Comme j'étais d'astreinte de toutes façons, j'ai décidé d'aller bosser.

Marker of simultaneity

As I was parking, I realized I had forgotten my cellphone. En me garant, je me suis rendu compte que j'avais oublié mon portable.