Is ‘as much’ used correctly in this sentence?
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While some examples of sustainability reporting are closely defined for a specific target audience (for example employee reports, information on collective bargaining, local environmental information, information for use in schools or internal documents for management use). Certainly, ‘as much’ of the regulated disclosure appears in Annual Reports it must be assumed that sustainability reporting is intended primarily for shareholders.
It is grammatically correct but the sentence reads better if you rewrite it like this:
Since much of the regulated disclosure statements appear in Annual Reports, that is an indication that sustainability reporting is of interest to shareholders.
Also, you are missing two commas in the first sentence. Insert them after "example" and "schools". Even with commas added, the first sentence is quite awkward.
It would be grammatically correct to replace ‘as much of’ with ‘as much as’.
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It is grammatically correct but the sentence reads better if you rewrite it like this:
Since much of the regulated disclosure statements appear in Annual Reports, that is an indication that sustainability reporting is of interest to shareholders.
Also, you are missing two commas in the first sentence. Insert them after "example" and "schools". Even with commas added, the first sentence is quite awkward.
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The first sentence seems to have something missing. The construction with "While…." would suggest that another thought would follow in alternative or in contra-position to the first part. A couple of commas could be added as suggested by another answerer.
In the second sentence, it might be better to replace "as" with "since", and put a comma after Reports. The word "Certainly" is not necessary.
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