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Is it possible to use this construction? Is it correct?

He can provide as many pros as I can provide cons.

I can buy as many things as you can sell.

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    Yes, it works perfectly well.
    – Kate Bunting
    Jan 31, 2022 at 12:05

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As Kate Bunting said in her comment, the structures are fine and idiomatic.

You can also delete some material common to the two clauses and say, for instance: "He can provide as many pros as I can cons."

The two things compared should be broadly similar because of the inherent meaning of "as." You can say: "He speaks Greek as well as I speak Latin" to compare language ability; however, you would not say: "He speaks Greek as well as I can ski," except as a kind of joke. The abilities are not normally comparable by any common standard.

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