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Today's multiple choice question brought by the Alan English Tribe examines everyone's mastery of 4 phrases related to the word "as", so that you can learn it at once and easily improve the score!
Let's start with options a and c, which are only one word apart!
What is the difference between so long as and as long as? In fact, they are very similar, they can all mean "as long as", can be replaced with each other. But in the expression "and ... Same long" when they are used differently, let's take a look at it in conjunction with the following example sentences
The first example sentence is an affirmative sentence, where we should use as long as, because when so long as as as "and... When used as long, it can only be used for negative sentences, and this use of it can be seen in the second example sentence. When you do multiple choice questions, you must be clear
Having talked about the two closest options, let's look at option b, as much as, which has two uses when denoting quantity: the first is to represent a specific quantity, which can be translated as "as much as...", emphasizing this quantity; the second usage is not provided to us with a specific quantity, which expresses "with... As much as" is often used to compare the number of things, with an emphasis on "as much as" as there is.
In order to facilitate understanding, I have prepared sentences corresponding to two situations for you:
In the first sentence, as much as is followed by a specific quantity, which belongs to the first usage, emphasizing how much "enough" there is; in the second sentence, as much as is followed by a specific quantity, although from the meaning of Chinese does not express "with... Same", but in fact it means "he eats as much as he can eat".
As long as you distinguish as much as there is a specific number after it can tell which of the two uses is, have you learned?
Finally, how is option d different from the three phrases we mentioned above? Let's take a look! as well as is used to denote "and... As good as ever", it should be noted that "a as well a b" in general sentences is primarily emphasized as a rather than b.
In addition, it can also be used to express "not only ... And", here you may want to say, "not only a, but also b" this sentence can not also mean "not only ... And "? So what is the difference between them? Here I will talk to you in detail, or first look at the example sentence:
From the Chinese of the sentence above, you can see that when a and b are connected with as well as, the general emphasis is on the former, that is, a; but if you use "not only... But also" is connected, emphasizing the latter, which is b. Isn't it easy to understand?
Having said all that, let's review today's multiple choice questions!
For ease of understanding, let's first translate the title into Chinese:
Scientists generally agree that Earth's climate will continue to warm for the next 50 to 100 years, two millennia after the Ice Age.
In this stem, only option b fits the meaning of the sentence, because it is certainly a comparison of the warming rates "within the next 50 to 100 years" and "two thousand years after the ice age", and it cannot be length, or good or bad. So the correct answer is b, are you choosing the right one?
Through today's multiple choice questions, we learned the use of so long as, as much as, as long as and as well as these four phrases, may be a little more content, everyone can go down to review Oh ~ well, today's program is here, if you like, welcome to pay attention to the Alan English tribe, we will see you in the next issue!