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Antonija Posted 20 years ago
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00Is it better to put 01i00his grand-grandfather origins02i00 instead of the underlined phrase?02br
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01i00He lost the relationship with his 01u00grand-grandfather’s base,02u00 so he is OK with the household.02i00 02br
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02i 00 02font 02br 02br 00Yes. But I don't see the relationship between the two parts of the sentence. I don't understand the meaning.

— Clive

  • 02i 00 02font 02br 02br 00Yes.
  • But I don't see the relationship between the two parts of the sentence.
  • I don't understand the meaning.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Is it better to put 01i00his grand-grandfather origins02i00 instead of the underlined phrase?02font02br
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01font01i00He lost the relationship with his 01u01font00great02font00-grandfather’
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0Hi Clive,02br
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00Here's the context. It's about dividing all men into two types: pure and mutated type. The first one are conservative and the second are a bit more liberal and modern but they are still 01i00marked by the traces02i00 of their great-grandfathers who were conservatives or 01i00pure types02i00. It was written by
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0Hi,02br
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00I suggest 01i00He lost the relationship with his great-grandfather’s 01font00ways/genes02font00, so he is OK with the 01font00housework.02font02i01font00 02font02br
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0 Hi Antonia,02br
00I am completely aware that the book is meant for fun rather than reason. Anyway, the phrase "through mutation of his gene" sounds so wrong, that I like to comment that it should either be "through 01b00this 02b00gene" (if a specific gene has been mentioned before) or "through his 01b00genes02b00" (if you actually mean
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0Thanks Kajjo,02br
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00I agree that the theory is far-fetched.02br
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00 I didn't understand you - can I use 'mutation of his genes' or should I omit mutation and just write 'through his genes'?02br
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00Feel free to comment because I really need help from native speakers and others who are better speakers than I am, especially
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0 Hi Antonia,02br
00I just meant that a person has a whole set of genes, not only a single one. Solutions for your sentence could be:02br
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00"Through mutation of a gene, we get a ..."02br
00"Through mutation of his genes, we get a..." 02br
00"Through genetic mutation we get a..." (preferred)02br
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00But the senten
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0Thanks Kajjo,02br
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00I understand now. Thank you for your explanation. I'll have to read the text once again and see if it is all about this one gene or genes in general.0-
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