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[Maybo]

1. Simonson, Smaldino, and Zvacek (2015) agree that “forced interaction can be as strong a detriment to effective learning as its absence” (p. 71).

Can I say " you are as beautiful a flower as ever? Is it the same structure of example 1?

 

[teechar]

No, it's not the same structure. The ending is different. Try again.

 

[GoesStation]

I've been telling posters that we don't use parentheses ("brackets" in BrE) to mark text. I forgot about the usage in post #3 though. Does it have a name?

 

[Tdol]

Can I say " you are as beautiful a flower as ever? Is it the same structure of example 1?

As already explained, it isn't the same, but you can say it.

 

[tzfujimino]

The first is: [They] agree that “forced interaction can be as strong a detriment to effective learning as its absence (can be (a strong detriment (to effective learning)).

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Please correct me if I'm wrong.