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Sailsofoblivion Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

After All

I was just wondering, is "When it all comes down to it" an okay synonym for "After all" in this instance, or would "ultimately" work better? I'm a bit reluctant to use it as it's not placed anywhere near the end of the piece.

When it all comes down to it, I knew exactly what valves to press for each note, the positions to curl my lips into, and this made it easy to do convincingly.
  

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I'm unclear what meaning you want. Do you mean that initially you did not know how to make the notes, but eventually you learnt how to do it?

— GPY

  • I'm unclear what meaning you want.
  • Do you mean that initially you did not know how to make the notes, but eventually you learnt how to do it?
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I'm unclear what meaning you want. Do you mean that initially you did not know how to make the notes, but eventually you learnt how to do it?
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GPYI'm unclear what meaning you want. Do you mean that initially you did not know how to make the notes, but eventually you learnt how to do it?
The meaning being that I was miming. This is made clear in the preceeding sentence (I did what any other self-conscious teenager would do: I began to mime), but I'm still not sure if "when it all comes down to it" wor
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Do you think "When it came down to it" would work better?
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If you mean that your (genuine) knowledge of how to play the instrument enabled you to mime convincingly, and the reader already understands that you had this knowledge, then I think "After all" is the expression you want.
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GPYIf you mean that your (genuine) knowledge of how to play the instrument enabled you to mime convincingly, and the reader already understands that you had this knowledge, then I think "After all" is the expresion you want.
In which case, I'm faced with a slight dilemma as it is at the start of a paragraph, and when referring to the instruments shoddy appeare
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sailsofoblivionIn which case, I'm faced with a slight dilemma as it is at the start of a paragraph, and when referring to the instruments shoddy appearence, I start another (a few paragraphs back) saying:"After all, it was nothing that a can of Mr Sheen couldn't fix" Would this look lazy?
To be honest, it really depends how far "a few paragraphs back" seems. I
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GPY sailsofoblivionIn which case, I'm faced with a slight dilemma as it is at the start of a paragraph, and when referring to the instruments shoddy appearence, I start another (a few paragraphs back) saying:"After all, it was nothing that a can of Mr Sheen couldn't fix" Would this look lazy?To be honest, it really depends how far "a few paragraphs back" seems. I couldn't
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Yes, I think that's OK.

(I don't think "Mr Sheen" fixes dents, but I guess that is a very pedantic comment ...)
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I was eleven at the time and under silly the impression that it would help! =P
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sailsofoblivion I was eleven at the time and under silly the impression that it would help! =P
OK, I'll forgive you then.
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