[PW] What type of word is "inasmuch"?

[Shaw, Matthew M]

This is good to know. Heretofore, I have not used "insofar" often. Henceforth, I will not use it at all. :)
 
Matt Shaw
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If you're referring specifically to words like inasmuch and insofar,
Fowler calls these "compound prepositions and conjunctions," and he
doesn't think much of them: "The best thing we can now do with
inasmuch as is to get it decently buried..."

http://www.bartleby.com/116/217.html
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