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Gene93 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

A question about "respectively"

Hello,

Does this sentence: "I am going to debone the chicken thighs and skewer them up, respectively." sound odd to you? For some reason "respectively" doesn't sound right to me here. I might be wrong, though.


Thank you.

  

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" sound odd to you? It is simply wrong. 'Respectively' is used only when there are two sets of factors: I am going to debone and skewer the chicken thighs and lamb chunks respectively.

— Mister Micawber

  • " sound odd to you?
  • It is simply wrong.
  • 'Respectively' is used only when there are two sets of factors: I am going to debone and skewer the chicken thighs and lamb chunks respectively.
  • = debone the chicken thighs and skewer the lamb chunks
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Gene93Does this sentence: "I am going to debone the chicken thighs and skewer them up, respectively." sound odd to you?

It is simply wrong. 'Respectively' is used only when there are two sets of factors:


I am going to debone and skewer the chicken thighs and lamb chunks r

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