as it is/ as is / as

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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1a. He is a foreigner, as it is evident from his accent.
1b. He is a foreigner, as is evident from his accent.
1c. He is a foreigner, as evident from his accent.
Please check the above sentences and correct them.
Please explain the difference in meanings among them.
Thanks.

2

correct
1b 1c

incorrect
1a

3

Beeesneees,

  1. You have to accept the situation as it is.
  2. As it is one o’clock, I shall have my lunch.
  3. I’m not going out today as it is raining.
  4. This product shouldn’t be launched (for sale) as it is.
  5. I didn’t want to touch anything so I left it as it was.
  6. As it is known to everyone, I thought you knew about it too.
  7. As it is explained by your mum you don’t need to be looking for other explanation.
    Please correct the above.
    Thanks.
4
  1. As it has been explained by your mum you don’t need to look for another explanation.
5

Beeesneees,
Please explain how the following sentence is wrong:
‘He is a foreigner, as it is evident from his accent.’
Thanks.

6

‘it’ should not be used.

7

7 is not quite right sometimes, because moms aren’t very good at explaining things.

8

That doesn’t make the sentence incorrect.

9

Beeesneees,

  1. You have to accept the situation as it is.
    In this sentence ‘it’ is a dummy subject.
  2. ‘He is a foreigner, as it is evident from his accent.’
    Likewise can we not assume ‘it’ as a dummy subject?
    Please clarify my points to use ‘it’ in other sentences.
    Thanks.
10

No. There shouldn’t be a ‘dummy’ subject.

11

But I suppose that these will be acceptable:

It is evident from his accent that he is a foreigner and
That he is a foreigner is evident from his accent.

12

Beeesneees/Anglophile,
"As it is evident from his accent, he is a foreigner.’
Is this sentence correct or not.
Thanks.

13

Changing the phrase order doesn’t make an atom of difference. It is NOT correct.

14

I’m afraid not. You seem to have just dangled the clauses, Fathima.

The problem is this: What is evident from his accent?
You can only answer: His being a foreigner.

So, the possible versions should be:

His being a foreigner is evident from his accent OR
That he is a foreigner is evident from his accent OR
It is evident from his accent that he is a foreigner.
(Or the earlier ones except with ‘it’)

All this shows that you cannot use ‘As it is evident…’

Now, replacing ‘it’ with ‘his being a foreigner’, we get: As his being a foreigner is evident from his accent, he is a foreigner. This is absolutely absurd as you will agree.

I hope Bev is in accord with me, and so are most others who might be watching this discussion.