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ByoungSuh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
A Lot of Questions About 1 Paragraph
This is the beginning of my paragraph: "I was the kid who thought his chances of becoming a marine biologist were somehow aided by family trips to the beach and studying books."
My first question: Should it be "were" or "would be?" I'm leaning towards "would be."
I want the next sentence to be something like this: "I don't think they were" or "I doubt very much that/if they were"
Or: "If they were, they obviously weren't by much."
But all of those options are obviously very clunky and sound horrible.
The last sentence should be something along the lines of: "But I nonetheless/nevertheless/synonym still have all that information in my head."
I feel like the "nevertheless" spot might be out of place or used wrong or something?
Thank you. I wanted this to be 1 post because I know ahead of time I'd just have another question afterwards. Thank you.
My first question: Should it be "were" or "would be?" I'm leaning towards "would be."
I want the next sentence to be something like this: "I don't think they were" or "I doubt very much that/if they were"
Or: "If they were, they obviously weren't by much."
But all of those options are obviously very clunky and sound horrible.
The last sentence should be something along the lines of: "But I nonetheless/nevertheless/synonym still have all that information in my head."
I feel like the "nevertheless" spot might be out of place or used wrong or something?
Thank you. I wanted this to be 1 post because I know ahead of time I'd just have another question afterwards. Thank you.
Top answer
" You may use either without fear or favour. "But all of those options are obviously very clunky and sound horrible. I don't think so.
- " You may use either without fear or favour.
- "But all of those options are obviously very clunky and sound horrible.
- I don't think so.
- ByoungSuh I feel like the "nevertheless" spot might be out of place or used wrong or something?
- Place whichever word you do choose at the front of the sentence, not after 'I'.
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ByoungSuhMy first question: Should it be "were" or "would be?" I'm leaning towards "would be."You may use either without fear or favour.
ByoungSuhI want the next sentence to be something like this: "I don't think they were" or "I doubt very much that/if they were" Or: "If they were, they obviously weren't by much."But all of those opti
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