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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Is this correct: What I meant was Jack is better than Microsoft himself.
or should it be like What I meant was Jack himself is better than Microsoft. Thank you in advance, I'm asking this for a friend of mine.
or should it be like What I meant was Jack himself is better than Microsoft. Thank you in advance, I'm asking this for a friend of mine.
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Anonymous What I meant was that Jack is better than Microsoft himself. For clarity I recommend adding 'that'. Otherwise, your sentence should be understandable as is.
- Anonymous What I meant was that Jack is better than Microsoft himself.
- For clarity I recommend adding 'that'.
- Otherwise, your sentence should be understandable as is.
- 'himself' seems unnecessary at the end, so you can omit it if you think it's a problem.
- " so I wouldn't say it that way either.
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AnonymousWhat I meant was that Jack is better than Microsoft himself.For clarity I recommend adding 'that'. Otherwise, your sentence should be understandable as is. 'himself' seems unnecessary at the end, so you can omit it if you think it's a problem. To my ear it doesn't seem any better phrased as "Jack himself is bett
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