Is the following sentence correct, on the model of "try as you may"?
Sing as you do today, he is never going to be happy with you.
Live as I do in Japan, I will never be treated as a local.
1 Answer
Your sentences don't work. You need to use constructions such as:
If you sing as you are doing today...
Even though I live in Japan...
answered Oct 28, 2020 at 9:27
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Why is "Try as I may, I cannot get the door open" correct and the others incorrect?– ApollyonOct 28, 2020 at 9:45
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1"Living in Japan as I do, I have become accustomed to Japanese food" is possible, but I don't think it would ever be used in contrast to something negative as you have done. We use [Verb] as I may/might and [Adjective] as I am... in that way, but not just any inverted phrase. Oct 28, 2020 at 15:47
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I disagree with this answer. The sentences seem perfectly reasonable to me, if not particularly likely to be spoken colloquially. You could make an argument that it's a rare enough form that it's best avoided outside fixed idioms like "try as you may", but I think it's a sound grammatical construction, that you could probably find examples of in more "flowery" prose.– IMSoPSep 12, 2021 at 10:08