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0:11 going to talk about six ways to use the word
0:13 as let's get started okay the first use I want to talk about is
0:19 to show the role
0:21 or the purpose of someone
0:23 or something we often use this
0:26 as before job titles
0:29 or other roles in our community in our company
0:32 or in an organization we can also use this
0:35 as to express the way we use something
0:38 or the purpose of something let's look at some examples first a job example
0:44 he's been working as a Salesman for about six years he's been working
0:49 as a Salesman so this
0:52 as comes before the job title
0:55 and in this case we have our article before salesman he's been working
0:58 as a Salesman for about six years
1:01 so we do this to show the person's role we do the same thing
1:06 in our second example sentence she was hired
1:09 as the new creative director she was hired
1:12 as the new creative director
1:15 so in this case we have
1:16 as the new creative director
1:19 so this is the job title creative director
1:22 and we have new to show it's a new position
1:25 or a new role we also have the here
1:29 so the shows that there's just one creative director she was hired
1:33 as the new creative director
1:35 as comes before all of this this is one phrase expressing this new role
1:41 okay now let's look at this use of says to talk about a purpose
1:46 so this room can be used
1:49 as a meeting room
1:51 or as a break room this room can be used
1:54 as a meeting room
1:55 or as a break room
1:57 so in this case we are talking about the purpose of a room
2:01 so a multi-purpose room we can use this room for many different things in
2:06 this case we can use this room
2:07 as so for the purpose of a meeting room
2:11 or as a break room
2:13 so this shows the different functions
2:15 or the different purposes
2:17 so we can use
2:18 as in this way to express our roles our our jobs
2:22 and the ways that we use different things okay
2:25 so with this in mind let's continue to use number two
2:29 which is quite different use number two is
2:33 as to mean while
2:34 or to mean at the same time
2:37 so in this case we have two things occurring at about the same point
2:44 in time and we want to express
2:46 that so first example here they arrived
2:49 as we were leaving
2:50 so these two actions are they arrived past tense
2:55 as we were leaving
2:57 so this means maybe we're in the process
3:00 or we were in the process of leaving we were still there
3:03 but we were just about to go
3:06 so we connect these with
3:08 as to show that these two situations
3:10 or these two actions happened at about the same time
3:14 so we can think of this
3:15 as kind of like
3:16 while or at the same time let's look at the second example the fire
3:21 alarm started ringing as we sat down in the restaurant the fire alarms started
3:27 ringing as we sat down in the restaurant
3:29 so again we're showing two action is happening at about the same time
3:34 so the fire alarm started ringing at the same time
3:38 as we sat down at the restaurant
3:40 so we use as to do this please note we cannot replace
3:44 as with while here for example the fire alarm started ringing
3:49 while we sat down in the restaurant we wouldn't use it in this way
3:52 while we tend to use with Progressive actions
3:56 that are happening at the same time
3:58 so we tend to use
3:59 while when we talk about two continuing actions happening at the same time we're
4:04 seeing in these situations in these cases we have a simple past tense action
4:09 and a progressive action same thing here a simple past tense action
4:13 and a progressive action
4:14 so we don't use
4:16 as and while in exactly the same way
4:18 but they do communicate the same feeling of two things happening at about the
4:23 same time okay let's look at the last example she smiled
4:27 as she walked across the stage she smiled
4:31 as she walked across the stage
4:32 so in this case we have again a simple past tense action
4:36 and in this one the second part we also have a simple past tense
4:40 action so in this sentence we might hear some people using
4:44 while in place of
4:45 as in she smiled
4:47 while she walked across the stage that's
4:49 because these parts match in terms of the grammar in terms of the tense
4:52 used but me personally I think I would probably still use
4:56 as in this case instead of
4:58 while because while sounds a little more natural
5:01 if we use it with A continuous
5:03 or the progressive form
5:04 so for example she was smiling
5:07 while she was walking across the stage might sound a little bit more natural
5:10 but in this case I would use
5:12 as to mean these two things happened at the same time okay great
5:17 so we have our first two uses showing the role of someone
5:22 or the purpose of something
5:23 and we have two things happening about the same time
5:27 or that two things happened at about the same time let's go to use
5:31 number three now so use number three is to express a cause
5:36 and a result so in this use we are connecting some kind of action
5:43 and that expresses the cause of something
5:46 and then we also see the outcome
5:48 or the result of
5:49 that thing I want to note
5:50 that this use is a little bit formal it may even sound a little
5:55 bit old-fashioned but we do still use it from time to time
5:58 so it's important to understand this use
6:01 so let's look at the examples first he went to bed early
6:05 as he had an important meeting in the morning he went to bed early
6:08 as he had an important meeting in the morning
6:12 so here we have our two independent ideas he went to bed early one
6:18 this is the action
6:18 as he had an important meeting in the morning this is the cause of
6:26 this result okay so we have the reason for something you can think of
6:31 this as in the same way
6:33 as because right he went to bed early
6:36 because he had an important meeting in the morning
6:38 so typically in today's English we use
6:41 because a lot in this position
6:43 but once in a
6:45 while we maybe want to sound a little more formal
6:47 or a little old-fashioned every once in a
6:50 while we use as to express the same idea again we have this cause
6:54 and result relationship let's look at the next example she prepared a mountain of
7:00 food as she was expecting many guests at her party she prepared a mountain
7:05 of food as she was expecting many guests at her party
7:09 so again we have this cause result relationship she prepared a mountain of food
7:14 this is the result the outcome
7:16 and why she was expecting many guests at her party this is the cause
7:21 so again we can think of this
7:23 as meaning because she prepared a lot of food
7:26 because she was expecting a lot of guests at her party
7:28 so as expresses the same idea okay let's look at the last example for
7:34 this group they decided to move to a bigger house
7:37 as they were planning to have a family they decided to move to a
7:41 bigger house as they were planning to have a family
7:43 so again we have this result
7:46 and the costs so again we have this
7:49 because type of meaning here they decided to move to a bigger house
7:52 because they were planning to have a family
7:55 so again although we use
7:56 because a lot more in today's English sometimes people still choose to use this
8:02 as to connect their ideas
8:04 that Express the cause
8:05 and the result of something
8:07 so it's good to know this one okay great let's continue to number four
8:11 number four is very interesting we use this use of
8:15 as to express two changes happening at the same time
8:20 so this is a bit different from point number two I talked about two
8:24 things that happen at about the same time two separate actions the key here
8:30 with number four though is
8:32 that two things are changing at the same time time for example two things
8:36 are increasing or two things are decreasing
8:39 or maybe one thing is increasing
8:41 and the other thing is decreasing at the same time the key with this
8:44 use is change and we'll also see there are some specific grammar patterns we
8:50 tend to use with this type of
8:52 as so let's take a look first one
8:55 as you get older it gets harder
8:57 and harder to lose weight
8:59 as you get older it gets harder
9:01 and harder to lose weight
9:02 so this is expressing
9:04 as you get older
9:05 so as your age increases we are talking about one change here
9:09 and then it gets harder
9:12 and harder so it gets more
9:13 and more difficult it becomes more
9:15 and more difficult to lose weight
9:17 so the difficulty increases
9:19 so we're talking about one point increasing in age
9:22 as you get older
9:23 and the other thing trying to lose weight
9:27 or getting more and more difficult to lose weight
9:29 so we're expressing two changes happening at the same time we also see this
9:34 as something something comma it gets comparative comparative this is another common pattern
9:41 that we see with this type of
9:44 as use we'll see another example in number two here
9:46 so let's read it the air got colder
9:49 and colder as we climbed up the mountain the air got colder
9:53 and colder as we climbed up the mountain
9:55 so again we have two things changing one the air gets colder
10:00 and colder so that means the air is becoming cold right we do this
10:04 repetition for emphasis the air got colder
10:07 and colder is thing one changing two
10:09 as we climbed up the mountain
10:12 so we are going up the mountain climbing up the mountain these two things
10:15 these two changes are happening at the same time we express this we connect
10:19 these ideas with and
10:20 so this sentence follows the same kind of pattern
10:24 as the first one
10:24 but we can move this
10:26 as section to the end of the sentence in this case I could say
10:31 as we climbed up the mountain the air got colder
10:33 and colder and it's still 100 correct it's up to you to choose
10:38 which part you want to emphasize generally the part at the beginning of the
10:42 sentence is going to sound like it has a little bit more emphasis
10:45 so you can choose
10:47 which position is best for you let's look at one more example
10:51 as airline ticket costs increase the number of people traveling decreases
10:59 so again we have two things changing here
11:01 as airline ticket costs increase
11:04 as they go up the number of people traveling decreases
11:08 so in this case we have changes in two directions costs increase Travelers decrease
11:14 the number of Travelers decrease we express
11:17 that these two changes are happening at the same time with this
11:20 as pattern so a good way to know
11:24 that this is the one that's being used is
11:26 that this as will come at the beginning of this sentence
11:29 as an introductory clause like this
11:31 as something something comma that's a good hint plus this comparative form harder
11:36 and harder or colder
11:37 and colder that's one big hint
11:39 that this is the changes at the same time kind of
11:43 as so keep in mind
11:45 that this one again is used to express changes happening at the same time
11:49 the one we talked about in number two expresses two actions happen
11:53 that happened sometimes in the past
11:55 or sometimes they happened uh you know like
11:58 or they were happening at the same time
12:00 but not just changes
12:02 so that's the key difference between two
12:04 and four okay great
12:06 so let's continue to the last two points the last two points are some
12:10 basic grammar review points
12:12 so five number five we use
12:14 as for comparison so this is a very basic English grammar point
12:19 but let's review it very quickly
12:21 because sometimes people I think forget parts of these sentences
12:25 so we used as in a couple of different patterns we use
12:28 as to express that two things are equal with this pattern
12:33 so noun a is
12:34 as adjective or sometimes adverb
12:37 as noun B right
12:39 so this thing is
12:41 as something as noun b
12:43 or we can also Express a comparison with a negative not
12:49 as something as something okay
12:51 so a is not
12:53 as adjective as B for example
12:56 so we use this
12:57 as pattern to describe things
12:59 that are equal and to make some comparisons
13:01 so let's review with a couple of examples first your house is
13:06 as big as a celebrity's house your house is
13:09 as big as a celebrity's house
13:10 so that's like saying your house is the same size
13:13 as a celebrity's house maybe it's really big right
13:16 so the problem sometimes we see I think maybe Learners get a little bit
13:21 confused about as and than right
13:24 so if we use than a lot
13:26 when we make comparisons like your house is bigger than my house for example
13:31 but when we want to show
13:33 that two things are equal we use this
13:35 as as around our adjective no than here okay
13:40 so use this to express
13:42 that two things that are equal now in one your house down two celebrities
13:46 house connect them to show they are equal with
13:49 as big as okay great let's look at a couple more examples first
13:55 or second rather this Taco Shop is not
13:58 as good as the one in our neighborhood
14:00 so this is a negative right this Taco Shop is not
14:04 as good as the one in our neighborhood
14:06 so in this sentence this Taco Shop here not
14:09 as good lower lower quality than the one the taco shop in our neighborhood
14:14 right we show this relationship with not
14:17 as good as okay again we have
14:20 as on both sides of the adjective here we do not use than in
14:24 this sentence okay let's look at our last example the weather today is not
14:29 as bad as it was yesterday the weather today is not
14:33 as bad as it was yesterday again this means today's weather is not
14:37 as bad as it was yesterday
14:39 so another way to express this yesterday's weather was really really terrible today's is
14:45 okay so again we're following uh the adjective with here
14:50 so as on both sides
14:52 so keep in mind
14:52 that this is a very common pattern for
14:54 as okay let's finish off this lesson with Point number six
14:59 so Point number six I wanted to focus on this expression
15:04 as long as because I think it's sometimes very confusing what does this mean
15:09 does this have to do with length sometimes yes we can use this in
15:15 this pattern actually like this marker is
15:18 as long as that marker
15:20 which means they are of equal length however we have this
15:24 as long as expression
15:26 which means only if it acts
15:29 as part of a conditional expression
15:31 so let's look at some examples of this first
15:35 as long as I save money for six months I'll be able to buy
15:39 a car this year
15:39 as long as I save money for six months I'll be able to buy
15:44 a car this year
15:45 so what does this mean
15:46 as long as I save money for six months
15:49 so we can understand this
15:51 as only if only
15:53 if I save money for six months I'll be able to buy a car
15:57 this year that means I must do this thing I must do this thing
16:01 in the as long
16:03 as clause or in order to make this thing possible okay in order to
16:09 make this main Clause possible I'll be able to do this thing okay
16:12 so we use as long
16:13 as to mean only in this case all right
16:16 so you'll notice this comes at the beginning of the sentence at least
16:20 if this Clause is first okay
16:22 so let's take a look at another position
16:24 that we see as long
16:26 as used two you can go to the party
16:29 as long as you finish your homework you can go to the party
16:32 as long as you finish your homework
16:34 so in this case we have our main Clause here you can go to
16:37 the party as long
16:38 as or only if you finish your homework
16:41 so this is something a parent might say to a child right
16:44 so again only if you finish your homework that's what
16:48 as long as expresses here all right let's finish up the last example sentence
16:53 we'll arrive at the airport on time
16:56 as long as there's no traffic okay once more we'll arrive at the airport
17:01 on time as long
17:03 as there's no traffic
17:03 so again we can replace
17:05 as long as with only
17:07 if to understand this we'll arrive at the airport on time only
17:11 if there's no traffic right only in this situation
17:14 or only if this is true right
17:16 so this is the use of
17:18 as long as we understand this
17:20 as only if and I hope
17:22 that this helps you to see the different positions in the sentence
17:27 that as long as takes in comparison to the comparative form of
17:33 as long as so pay attention to the location of
17:36 as long as to help you understand whether it's a comparison
17:40 or it's an only
17:41 if construction okay great
17:43 so those are six different ways to use the word
17:47 as they are very different there are many very different uses of
17:50 as but I hope
17:51 that this lesson gave you a good introduction to the various ways
17:55 that we can put
17:56 as into our sentences
17:58 so of course if you have any questions
18:00 or comments or if you want to practice making some example sentences with the
18:03 word as please feel free to do
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