About "as ..as"
Our professionl ethic enjoins us to stay uncommitted and report the facts;and, if we have to have guidelines, that is probably as good a one as any. My confusion is about the latter part of this sentence. Does it mean " that is the best one " or " that is the same good as any else" . Pls help me. Thank you very much.

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About "as ..as"
Our professionl ethic enjoins us to stay uncommitted and report the facts;and, if we have to have guidelines, that is probably as good  a one as any.   My confusion is about the latter part of this sentence. Does it mean " that is the best one " or " that is the same good as any else" . Pls help me. Thank you very much.

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The latter. When we something is as good as anything else we are saying that we think it is equal. More importantly this phrase indicates a lack of enthusiasm on the writer's part. You can tell this by him saying "If we have to have guidelines" and "this is as good as any". What the author is saying (without actually saying it) is that he doesn't feel there should be guidelines at all but if there has to be...then this one not a bad one.

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