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In a manga I came across this line:

色々なことを知っていればいるほど立派な魔女って認められるの

Which I think translates to: "the more you know the better witch you can
become."

My question is about the form: 知っていればいるほど

Is this the standard way to use ば～ほど if you have the form ている

Or am I entirely wrong?
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grammar particle-ほど
Using ば～ほど　with ている form
I don't often come across the form but it makes sense and it has a bit
different nuance from the standard form.

For example, when 知っていればいるほど is compared with 知れば知るほど in your example,
知っていればいるほど is more natural than 知れば知るほど. 知っている means 'you have already known
about that and have the knowledge of that", so your example can be translated
as "The more you have the knowledge the more you receive recognition as a
witch."

On the other hand. 知れば知るほど doesn't have the nuance. It has a nuance like "even
if you haven't known about that right now, but if you know that". For example.
日本語は、知れば知るほど難しく感じる. I feel that 日本語は、知っていれば知っているほど難しく感じる is a bit unnatural.

In addition, I noticed that I misunderstood your question from reading your
comment. I answered the difference between 知っていれば知っているほど(ている form) and
知れば知るほど(standard form). As for the suru verbs and ている form, you can omit the
stem of the second verb and the meaning doesn't change.
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