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Mon 19 Apr, 2010 11:15 am
Please look at this English text ....
Mobile phones are getting more sophisticated, more versatile, and cheaper,as are wireless headsets, the devices that allow mobile phone users to carry on a phone conversation hands free.
I am stuck here 'as are wireless headsets' .
'as' is used for comparison ...right ? what is compared here ?
I'm uncomfortable with this structure.
@tintin,
tintin wrote:
Please look at this English text ....
Mobile phones are getting more sophisticated, more versatile, and cheaper,as are wireless headsets, the devices that allow mobile phone users to carry on a phone conversation hands free.
I am stuck here 'as are wireless headsets' .
'as' is used for comparison ...right ? what is compared here ?
I'm uncomfortable with this structure.
'As' has several different usages. 'As' by itself often indicates a role that something or someone performs:
'He served
as president for two years'
'As well' means 'in addition to.'
'Football players have to be fast
as well as strong.'
'as are' means a different item which shares the same qualities, such as in your example.
Cheers
Cycloptichorn
@tintin,
It is not a comparison.
It is stating that mobile phones are getting more sophisticated, versatile, and cheaper;
and wireless headsets are getting more sophisticated, versatile, and cheaper.
@DrewDad,
we can use 'and' here ...it should be 'as' to refer same qualities .
we we say 'the devices that allow' ...what is this device ? Mobile phone or Wireless head ? Although I believe its the Wireless ...because 'the device' is much closer to 'Wireless' ...is that allright ?
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