an extraordinary story as fast-paced with as much sheer narrative power as any novel of recent years.
The three usages of “as” made me get confused, and I don’t why with is used with “fast-paced” as long as it is an adjective?
asked Jan 11, 2018 at 20:02
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2It's a poorly constructed sentence. I suppose the author is trying to combine two sentences into one, "a story as fast-paced as ..." and "a story with as much sheer narrative power as ...", but it doesn't really work. It's a bad idea to sacrifice comprehensibility for brevity.– AndrewCommented Jan 11, 2018 at 20:14
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2OH, I see the problem. as fast-paced there means: which is as fast-paced as this one and with as much sheer narrative power etc. It's just not great writing. Online writing is often poorly edited.– LambieCommented Jan 11, 2018 at 20:14
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The noun-phrase can be parsed as a noun modified by two as-phrases:
an extraordinary story
as fast paced ... [as any novel of recent years]
with as much sheer narrative power ... as any novel of recent years
The prepositional phrase with as much sheer power interrupts the first as fast paced ... as comparison.
Compare:
A tiny flashlight
as bright, with as much illuminating power, as any search beacon.
Normally, we put an and in there to make the syntax clearer:
A tiny flashlight as bright, and with as much illuminating power, as any search beacon.
