Excuse me,mylotters,I've got a question on a English sentence which I can't understand well! Please help with it! Thank you!
By narsha
@narsha (466)
November 24, 2013 11:15pm CST
Here goes the sentence-"As is a tale,so is life". Somebody says that this sentence is equal to "Life is as a tale" but I don't know why,so can somebody here give me some analytically details on it! Big thanks!
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
25 Nov 13
"As is (a), so is (b)" is a kind of simile construction. It is another way of saying "(b) is like/as (a)". This short and pithy kind of statement is mostly used for aphorisms or in a poetical context because of its rhythm, which is more pleasing or memorable than the simple simile.
An expanded form of the construction would normally have more detail about the similar elements and would be of the form "Just as ..., so ...", for example:
"Just as a tale has a beginning, middle and an end, so does life."
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@JeremyTan (6)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Nov 13
inverted sentence,you can refer to grammar
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