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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as I have expected" is not correct in standard English; it should be "as I expected" or "as I have expected it to be." You can use it when discussing outcomes or results that align with your prior expectations, but it needs to be corrected for proper usage.
Example: "The results of the experiment were as I expected, confirming my hypothesis."
Alternatives: "as I anticipated" or "as I had predicted."
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I am not just talking about Sunday's 0-0 drat at Everton, because it has been the case for the past few weeks that Jurgen Klopp's side have not been as dangerous as I have expected on the road.
Turpin offered little in the way of questioning his accusers; when asked if he had anything to ask of Creasy, he replied "I cannot say anything, for I have not any witnesses come this day, as I have expected, and therefore beg of your Lordship to put off my trial 'till another day", and when asked about Smith, he claimed not to know him.
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Not as much difference as I had expected.
As I had expected and feared, everything felt routine.
They weren't, as I had expected, the hardest-working.
Just as I had expected, "Gilligan's Island" was over.
The professional jobs don't do as well as I had expected.
The course is every bit as demanding as I had expected.
"When the camera was there, it wasn't as easy as I had expected," Gustafson said.
As for the exercise itself, it did not turn out as I had expected.
After I completed these steps myself, there was no sense of closure as I had expected.
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