[Grammar] It has as much income as you think.

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Fanoos62

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Is it correct? It has as much income as you think.
 

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It is grammatical, but I don't know what it means. Do you have any context?
 

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It's a well paid job.
 

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If 'it' refers to a job, the original sentence is not correct.
You can say: the job fetches as much income as your think.

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My dog fetches.
 

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My dog fetches.

This is the sentence from the link I gave above:

A high-skill job pays about $118,000 whereas a low-skill job fetches about $27,000.
 

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I got that. I still consider it highly informal on to unacceptable.
 
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