T509  +  307923 Thu, 28 Dec 06 12:08 AM Hi. I've got a question concerning the sentence below. a) He made as many spelling mistakes in ten lines. I want it to mean that he made ten spelling mistakes in ten lines. Is that correct? And if it is, give me grammatical explanation about the usage of "as", will you? T509 Joined on Wed, Jun 28 2006 Tokyo Junior Member 86 Spelling

	Marius Hancu  +  307925 Thu, 28 Dec 06 12:15 AM He made ten spelling mistakes in as many lines. -------- - as many : the same in number <saw three plays in as many days> http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com ---------- Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673 Spelling

	T509  +  307943 Thu, 28 Dec 06 01:12 AM Oh, I see! Thank you. Then Can I say it as follows? He made in ten lines as many spelling mistakes. T509 Spelling

	Goodman  +  307949 Thu, 28 Dec 06 01:50 AM  T509 wrote: Hi. I've got a question concerning the sentence below. a) He made as many spelling mistakes in ten lines. I want it to mean that he made ten spelling mistakes in ten lines. Is that correct? And if it is, give me grammatical explanation about the usage of "as", will you? Typically, [as much] or [as many] is followed by another [as]. He can drink 10 beers in as little time as 5 minutes. I will call you as soon as I find out the answer. I didn’t t like the sequel of Rocky as much as the first one I think what you tried to say in your sentence was “ he made as many spelling mistakes as there were lines (in the exercise).” Is it correct? Goodman Joined on Mon, Nov 7 2005 Senior Member 3,816 The name says it all! Spelling

	Marius Hancu  +  307950 Thu, 28 Dec 06 02:08 AM  Goodman wrote: I think what you tried to say in your sentence was “ he made as many spelling mistakes as there were lines (in the exercise).” That's another (longish, IMO) possibility. Marius Hancu Spelling

	T509  +  307971 Thu, 28 Dec 06 03:51 AM Hi, Goodman. Thank you for helping. I understand what you tell about as-as expressions which are used to indicate that there is no/little difference among things compared. There are usually two 'as'es in those cases as you suggested, but in my case I would like to ask if I could omit one of them. T509