[Grammar] As bad as/ Bad as that woman's job was, it was enough to keep a small family alive.

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wotcha

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1. As bad as that woman's job was, it was enough to keep a small family alive.

2. Bad as that woman's job was, it was enough to keep a small family alive.


Are the both same in meaning?
 
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They both look the same to me.

If you meant to miss out 'As' in #2, they would both mean the same.

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wotcha, please don't edit your post after someone has responded to it. Rover's response now seems pointless, though it was relevant when your second sentence read, as it did pre-editing: As bad as that woman's job was, it was enough to keep a small family alive.
 
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wotcha, please don't edit your post after someone has responded to it. Rover's response now seems pointless, though it was relevant when your second sentence read, as it did pre-editing: As bad as that woman's job was, it was enough to keep a small family alive.

Sorry, I will keep that in mind.
 

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Sorry, I will keep that in mind.
Or, if you do edit it, there's a box which reads "Reason for editing". Fill it out if you are otherwise going to make subsequent replies look irrelevant.
 
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