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Dear teachers

Am I right interpreting this sentence as follows?

You look good as ever = You have never look as good as today

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You have always look as good as you do today

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Dear teachers

Am I right interpreting this sentence as follows?

You look as good as ever = You have never look as good as today No

or

You have always looked as good as you do today <- This one, except the grammar's wrong, and you have it backwards.

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The proper expression is "as ... as", but lazy people sometimes leave out the first 'as'.
The sentence means "You look as good now as you have ever looked before."
 

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The second.
 

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I wonder why I typed 'look' instead of 'looked'.
 
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