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Sextus Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Commas (another one)
"We see that in both passages Sextus makes use of the verb ...., avoiding in this way any assertion that there is, or there is not, a causal link between epoche and ataraxia."
Clive, would you take out the commas in ", or there is not,"
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Sextus
Clive, would you take out the commas in ", or there is not,"
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Sextus
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Hello Sextus I don't see Clive online, so will try to answer in his place, as otherwise you'll drift to page 2! " MrP
- Hello Sextus I don't see Clive online, so will try to answer in his place, as otherwise you'll drift to page 2!
- " MrP
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Hello Sextus
I don't see Clive online, so will try to answer in his place, as otherwise you'll drift to page 2!
I would say:
"avoiding in this way any assertion that there is (or is not) a causal link between epoche and ataraxia."
MrP
I don't see Clive online, so will try to answer in his place, as otherwise you'll drift to page 2!
I would say:
"avoiding in this way any assertion that there is (or is not) a causal link between epoche and ataraxia."
MrP
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What about:
"thereby avoiding any assertion about what the connection between epoche and ataraxia may be." ?
Sextus
"thereby avoiding any assertion about what the connection between epoche and ataraxia may be." ?
Sextus
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Is is/is not a possibility in the first version?
It seems the second version ('what the connection may be') suggests a much broader set of possible relations than causal.
It seems the second version ('what the connection may be') suggests a much broader set of possible relations than causal.
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Maybe:
"We see that in both passages Sextus makes use of the verb ...., avoiding in this way any assertion that there may or may not be a causal link between epoche and ataraxia."
MrP
"We see that in both passages Sextus makes use of the verb ...., avoiding in this way any assertion that there may or may not be a causal link between epoche and ataraxia."
MrP
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P, I think I'll keep your first suggestion:
"We see that in both passages Sextus makes use of the verb ...., avoiding in this way any assertion that there is, or is not, a causal link between epoche and ataraxia."
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Sextus
"We see that in both passages Sextus makes use of the verb ...., avoiding in this way any assertion that there is, or is not, a causal link between epoche and ataraxia."
Best,
Sextus
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