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Uktous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Any complex things / something complex

Hi,

I know I can say:
We should not include any complex idea in our presentation.

Can I say:
1) We should not include any complex things in our presentation.
2) We should not include something complex in our presentation.

Why ask?
I just want to know whether the 2 sentences above is acceptable in English or not.

Thanks
  

Top answer

Let me suggest this: We should not include anything too complex in our presentation. We should not include ideas that are too complex in our presentation. We should not include complex ideas in our presentation.

— BarbaraPA

  • Let me suggest this: We should not include anything too complex in our presentation.
  • We should not include ideas that are too complex in our presentation.
  • We should not include complex ideas in our presentation.
  • ) The original would read more naturally with the plural, ideas.
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Let me suggest this:
We should not include anything too complex in our presentation.
We should not include ideas that are too complex in our presentation.
We should not include complex ideas in our presentation. (Nothing at all complex - this matches your original in meaning more closely.)

The original would read more naturally with the plural, ideas.
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