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As+adj.+a(n)+noun.+as #1 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:17 am   As+adj.+a(n)+noun.+as
 

Let's take as simple an example as the addressing of envelopes.

Why not be: Let's take an as simple example as...?
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As+adj.+a(n)+noun.+as #2 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:51 am   As+adj.+a(n)+noun.+as
 

That wouldn't make sense
as simple an example as = an example that is as simple as
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