OG11-Q26

[ilovecushi]

Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the water as a person standing on land.

a. water as a
b. water as to a
c. water; just as it would to a
d. water, as it would to the
e. water; just as to the

the answer is (b) water as to a

the answer is fine, but i wonder what's the function of "as manifestations of the laws of physics,"

quite strange, isn't it?

thanks

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

Would you please update the whole question, including answers?

[ilovecushi]

對不起 現在才加上去~~

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

"as manifestations of the laws of physics" is adv clause which modifies "natural phenomena".

"As" here means "in the same way"

[ilovecushi]

thanks! i got it!