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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
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A fairly short
1) This was to be done in a fairly short, two-year period.
2) This was done by a very tall, six-foot-five man.
The first one seems natural to me. I have doubts about the second one. Do you find it natural?
The problem is that 'fairly short' and 'very tall' do not really modify 'two-year period' and 'six-foot-five man'. They give us no extra information about them and do not function as normal adjectives.
'1' is saying: This was to be done a two-year period, and that is a short period.
We have some kind of apposition here.
Gratefully,
Navi.
2) This was done by a very tall, six-foot-five man.
The first one seems natural to me. I have doubts about the second one. Do you find it natural?
The problem is that 'fairly short' and 'very tall' do not really modify 'two-year period' and 'six-foot-five man'. They give us no extra information about them and do not function as normal adjectives.
'1' is saying: This was to be done a two-year period, and that is a short period.
We have some kind of apposition here.
Gratefully,
Navi.
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navitasan The first one seems natural to me. I'd omit the comma or add another one. navitasan I have doubts about the second one.
- navitasan The first one seems natural to me.
- I'd omit the comma or add another one.
- navitasan I have doubts about the second one.
- Do you find it natural?
- Yes, as casual conversation, but it suffers from logical examination as a written expression.
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navitasanThe first one seems natural to me.I'd omit the comma or add another one.
navitasan I have doubts about the second one. Do you find it natural?Yes, as casual conversation, but it suffers from logical examination as a written expression. Still, I find it no worse, really than the first (if a comma is added or remove
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