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

[wotcha]

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?

 

[Rover_KE]

They both look the same to me.

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

Rover

 

[wotcha]

They both look the same to me.

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

Rover

 

[5jj]

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.

 

[wotcha]

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.

 

[Raymott]

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.