Perhaps I misunderstand something here but I believe such in as such is in fact a pronoun and, as a result, it should have an antecedent. The sentence with As such in the beginning of the sentence can be quite confusing. Let's look at one example below: "As opposed to international practices, as well as practices followed in the Asian region, Pakistan delayed the re-basing of the national accounts for two decades.
As such , many structural changes which took place since until on the production and consumption structure of the economy were not captured in the country's national accounts" It seems to me that more people, esp journalists, tend to use as such to mean therefore in contemporary English. I wonder whether this use of the phrase is now considered standard. Original Post. GE Grammar Exchange 2 Guest. Dictionaries, however, recognize it as standard; all of the citations upon which our definitions of this word are based are clearly standard.
Rob or steal? Say or tell? So that or in order that? Sometimes or sometime? Sound or noise? Speak or talk? Such or so?
Towards or toward? Wait or wait for? Wake , wake up or awaken? Worth or worthwhile? Noun phrases: dependent words Noun phrases: order Noun phrases: uses Noun phrases: noun phrases and verbs Noun phrases: two noun phrases together. Pronouns: possessive my , mine , your , yours , etc. Pronouns: reflexive myself , themselves , etc.
Pronouns: indefinite - body , - one , - thing , - where Pronouns: one , you , we , they Relative pronouns Questions: interrogative pronouns what , who Someone , somebody , something , somewhere That. Dates Measurements Number Time. Geographical places Names and titles: addressing people Nationalities, languages, countries and regions Place names.
Reported speech Reported speech: direct speech Reported speech: indirect speech. British and American English Dialect Double negatives and usage Formal and informal language Newspaper headlines Register Slang Standard and non-standard language Swearing and taboo expressions. Past simple I worked Past continuous I was working Past continuous or past simple? Past simple or present perfect? Used to Past perfect simple I had worked Past perfect continuous I had been working Past perfect simple or past perfect continuous?
Past perfect simple or past simple? Past verb forms referring to the present Past: typical errors. Present continuous I am working Present perfect continuous I have been working Present perfect simple I have worked Present perfect simple or present perfect continuous? Present perfect: typical errors Present simple I work Present simple or present continuous? Present: typical errors Present verb forms referring to the past. Finite and non-finite verbs Imperative clauses Be quiet!
Infinitives with and without to Infinitive: active or passive? Perfect infinitive with to to have worked Verbs: basic forms Verbs: formation.
Hate , like , love and prefer Hear , see , etc. Get passive Have something done Passive: forms Passives with and without an agent Passive: uses Passive: other forms Passive: typical errors. Conditionals Conditionals: if Conditionals: other expressions unless, should, as long as Conditionals: typical errors If only In case of Suppose , supposing and what if Wish. Word classes and phrase classes Word formation Prefixes Suffixes Compounds Abbreviations, initials and acronyms -ish and -y Diminutives - let , - y and mini- Hyphens.
Word order and focus Word order: structures Cleft sentences It was in June we got married. Fronting Inversion No sooner Not only … but also. Relative clauses Relative clauses referring to a whole sentence Relative clauses: defining and non-defining Relative clauses: typical errors. Neither, neither … nor and not … either Not. Questions: alternative questions Is it black or grey?
Questions: two-step questions Questions: typical errors Questions: wh- questions Questions: yes-no questions Are you feeling cold? Questions: follow-up questions Questions: echo and checking questions Questions: short forms. My word lists. Tell us about this example sentence:. The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. The sentence contains offensive content.
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GDP in developing countries will continue growing at a high rate. Vietnam provides a perfect example. Writing, grammar, and communication tips for your inbox. See also my comment at OP. Add a comment. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Related 2.
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