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Quirk, p.1201:
(1) Report me as I am - a superannuated don.
What does "to report ... as ..." mean?
Can I omit "as"?:
(2) Report me I am - a superannuated don.
Thanks!
Upd.:
The full paragraph, if need be:
Although as is classed as a preposition in the above pattern, it in some ways resembles the conjunction as which introduces clauses of comparison (cf 15.71). Consider the following curious examples, in which as introduces on the one hand a clause and on the other hand a noun phrase in an appositional relation to the clause:
Report me as I am - a superannuated don.
He described her as he found her, a liar.
Quirk, p.1201:
(1) Report me as I am - a superannuated don.
What does "to report ... as ..." mean?
Can I omit "as"?:
(2) Report me I am - a superannuated don.
Thanks!
Upd.:
The full paragraph, if need be:
Although as is classed as a preposition in the above pattern, it in some ways resembles the conjunction as which introduces clauses of comparison (cf 15.71). Consider the following curious examples, in which as introduces on the one hand a clause and on the other hand a noun phrase in an appositional relation to the clause:
Report me as I am - a superannuated don.
He described her as he found her, a liar.
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