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RDK Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

A few questions about this sentence...

"I know it does not comply with standard English but I will omit the subject of a sentence as long as it is me or obvious."

1) Can you use the verb "comply" here? I mean, is the collocation right? Any alternative word for it?

2) "as long as it is me or obvious": The two words separated by or are different in their parts of speech - one is a pronoun and one is an adjective. Is that grammatically okay? And, should you say either before "me"?

3) How common is it that people omit the subject of a sentence in English?

Thank you so much in advance, and please feel free to point out any other grammatical/conventional errors in this post, too. It will be much appreciated.
  

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" 1) Can you use the verb "comply" here? I mean, is the collocation right? Any alternative word for it?

— CalifJim

  • " 1) Can you use the verb "comply" here?
  • I mean, is the collocation right?
  • Any alternative word for it?
  • 'comply' is not the greatest choice.
  • Use 'conform to the conventions of' instead of 'comply with'.
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RDK"I know it does not comply with standard English but I will omit the subject of a sentence as long as it is me or obvious."

1) Can you use the verb "comply" here? I mean, is the collocation right? Any alternative word for it?
'comply' is not the greatest choice. Use 'conform to the conventions of' instead of 'comply with'.
RDK
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Thank you so much! It greatly helped.
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