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

[Michael J. Lowrey]

On 2/1/07, Shaw, Matthew M <shawmm at forsyth.cc> wrote:
> This is good to know. Heretofore, I have not used "insofar" often. Henceforth, I will not use it at all. :)

> From: project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org on behalf of S M Colowick
> 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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means to be taken as gospel.

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