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Are the sentences grammatically correct?


I'm glad as much as you do.

He killed people as many as you did.
 

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I'd say "he killed as many people as you did".
 

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I'm glad as much as you do.:cross:
I'm as glad as you are.

It's not easy to fit 'much' into that sentence.

Perhaps I'm glad – as much as you are, but it's not very natural.
 

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I'm as glad as you are.

It's not easy to fit 'much' into that sentence.

Perhaps I'm glad – as much as you are, but it's not very natural.

Can you give example sentences that include as much as and as many as?
 

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Can you give example sentences that include as much as and as many as?

As much as I'd like to, I can't think of as many examples as I'd like to.
 

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I don't drink as many glasses of water a day as I'm supposed to.
 

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That's because I can't possibly drink that much water.
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I tend to have as many questions as you do.
 

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I can't eat as much pizza as you can.
 

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But you can't eat as much ice cream as I can.
 

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I have had as many as three beers in one evening. (Only once.)
 

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I don't drink as many glasses of water a day as I'm supposed to.

That can be re-phrased as When it comes to glasses of water, I don't drink as many as I'm supposed to every day. Tarheel's version is more natural, but they mean the same thing regardless of where the object phrase. (I hope I got that grammar term right. I make as many grammar terminology mistakes as I can. I'm not proud of it.)
 

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I make as many grammar terminology mistakes as I can. I'm not proud of it.)
Using the proper terminology is as much of a concern for me as it is for you.
 

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ringu, as I wrote in your 'Boston' thread earlier,

"Clicking on your symbol shows that after 49 posts you have not given a single Thank or Like!

They're right there in the bottom left-hand corner of every post.

Looking back over your last few threads I also notice that you have failed to include a word of thanks anywhere – even when asking follow-up questions.

Please click on Thank or Like as soon as you read this message to acknowledge that you have read and understood it".
 

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Does "as much as" mean "even though" here?

Pretty close.

The point was, I think, getting both phrases into one sentence. Clever!

You could say:

Although I would really like to ....
 
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