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[ridvann]

Hello,

-I don't want to remember Elena as a teacher anymore.

Can we say that 'as a teacher' refers to 'Elena' or me? Does It depend on the text?

Thanks......

[JohnParis]

In the sentence you have given, "as a teacher" refers to Elena, not you.

[ridvann]

How can we construct as if I am Elena's teacher?

-I, as a teacher, don't want to remember Elena anymore.

Me: The teacher
Elena: The student.

Is that ok?

[bhaisahab]

How can we construct as if I am Elena's teacher?

-I, as a teacher, don't want to remember Elena anymore.

Me: The teacher
Elena: The student.

Is that ok?

It's OK if you want to forget Elena. If it's just your teacher/student relationship you want to forget, you could say "I don't want to remember Elena as my student."

[ridvann]

If we want to refer to the first pronoun, we can put 'as' at the begining of the sentence.

As a woman, as a parent, as a working taxpayer, I choose Michelle Obama as first lady. (I am the woman, working taxpayer, and Michelle Obama is my first lady. Is that ok?)

As a stylist, I'm as disappointed as a client when this happens.

As a journalist, as a colleague, as a friend, Penny was all we ever could have asked for.

[TheParser]

As a journalist, as a colleague, as a friend, Penny was all we ever could have asked for.

NOT A TEACHER


(1) May I most respectfully add my two cents?

(a) If you want to repeat the word "as" for emphasis, that is fine. But you might consider using "and":

As a journalist, as a colleague, and as a friend, Penny was all ....

(b) I think that usually people would not repeat the "as" word:

As a journalist, a colleague, and a friend, Penny was all ....

[ridvann]

All of them refer to the first pronoun, is that right? (first one:I, second one:I, third one:Penny)

[Tdol]

If you mean As a journalist, as a colleague, as a friend, Penny was all we ever could have asked for., journalist, colleague and friend all refer to Penny.