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							Tue 26 Jan, 2016 03:24 pm
						
						
					
					
					
						"New Jersey then was as warm as tropical Brazil is today."
Can someone tell me how "as tropical Brazil is today" is used in the sentence
					
				 
				
						
														
					
													@Balloman,
												It's being used adjectivally, illustrating how warm New Jersey was then.