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 #2 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 20:28 pm as many |
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"as many" has different uses depending on the context within the sentence. Probably the most common use is in the construction "as many ... as". For example, "I have as many friends as he does" means that we both have the same number of friends (sometimes implicitly including the possibility that I might have more friends).
Your sentence does not appear to make sense, and I can't really tell what you are trying to say. |
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:55 am as many |
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Related to using "as many ... as" the question is if this construction could be used without second "as" in like following phrases:
- I want to have as many friends. (as I can - here the friends' number depends on me)
- They expect as many guests. (here the guests' number depends on unknown factors that can not be stated precisely)
Related to the sentence: "The winner will be selected from those who will guess as many pairs' ranking." I want to tell the following things:
1. There is a competition in wich competitors are pairs.
2. Related to this competition someone wants to organize a game. The players of this game gave to guess the place of as many pairs as they can.
3. Who will guess more places will be the winner of the game.
Is the sentence correct constructed? |
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:21 pm as many |
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| Ned_Marian wrote: |
- I want to have as many friends. (as I can - here the friends' number depends on me)
- They expect as many guests. (here the guests' number depends on unknown factors that can not be stated precisely) |
No, "as many" can't be used in this way. These sentences need the correct prior context and mean "I want to have as many friends (as someone previously mentioned, or some number previously mentioned)" and, similarly, "They expect as many guests (as someone previously mentioned, or some number previously mentioned)."
| Ned_Marian wrote: |
Related to the sentence: "The winner will be selected from those who will guess as many pairs' ranking." I want to tell the following things:
1. There is a competition in wich competitors are pairs.
2. Related to this competition someone wants to organize a game. The players of this game gave to guess the place of as many pairs as they can.
3. Who will guess more places will be the winner of the game.
Is the sentence correct constructed? |
No, the sentence isn't right. In this case there is no reason to use "as many" when describing how the winner is chosen. You can say "Players have to guess the placings/rankings of as many pairs as they can. The winner will be the person with the most correct guesses."
I kept the "players guess as many places as they can" idea from your original, but in practice I don't see why you wouldn't always make a guess for every pair. |
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