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English 1b3 Posted 13 years ago
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Instead of shutting it down the raid brought the site into the mainstream press, not least due to its amazing three-day resurrection.
Do you think this sentence, in particular the phrase '...not least due to...' is grammatical?
Should the phrase be rewritten as '...not the least of which due to...'?
Do you think this sentence, in particular the phrase '...not least due to...' is grammatical?
Should the phrase be rewritten as '...not the least of which due to...'?
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I would suggest rewriting it as: "Instead of shutting the site down, the raid brought it into mainstream press" Yet the second half of the sentence is unclear. Neither of the two options you suggested work in this particular sentence. Are you trying to say that the three-day resurrection is one of the main causes of the press?
- I would suggest rewriting it as: "Instead of shutting the site down, the raid brought it into mainstream press" Yet the second half of the sentence is unclear.
- Neither of the two options you suggested work in this particular sentence.
- Are you trying to say that the three-day resurrection is one of the main causes of the press?
- " Let me know if this response was insufficient!
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I would suggest rewriting it as:
"Instead of shutting the site down, the raid brought it into mainstream press"
Yet the second half of the sentence is unclear. Neither of the two options you suggested work in this particular sentence. Are you trying to say that the three-day resurrection is one of the main causes of the press?
"Instead of shutting the site down, the raid brought it into mainstream press"
Yet the second half of the sentence is unclear. Neither of the two options you suggested work in this particular sentence. Are you trying to say that the three-day resurrection is one of the main causes of the press?
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That is a correct use of "not least", sort of. It is not a correct use of "due to", partly because the sentence contains nothing for anything to be due to.
"He liked her face, not least her eyes."
"His loss in the election was due to many factors, not least his reported ties to organized crime."
"He liked her face, not least her eyes."
"His loss in the election was due to many factors, not least his reported ties to organized crime."
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