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Samir1 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

"Comparatively" Preceeding the Comparision

Hi, in terms of readability, grammar concerns, even logic itself, is the following kosher:

"Chosen team captain, despite having comparatively minimal experience on a team with 8 older players from which to make a selection."

My concern being, can you you use "comparatively" before the comparison is made, even if it's a mere few words in the future?

Bear in mind that, preceding this, there is no mention of experience, age, etc. This is the first mention of such details.

Also: Even though technically not a complete sentence, the format in which I'm writing doesn't require one.

Thank you in advance for this.

  

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I'm not sure it's quite for the reason you suggest, but the overall balance and structure of this does not seem ideal to me. " Since "minimal" has a sense of being absolute or extreme, "comparatively minimal" may not be the happiest combination. "comparatively little" seems better.

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  • I'm not sure it's quite for the reason you suggest, but the overall balance and structure of this does not seem ideal to me.
  • " Since "minimal" has a sense of being absolute or extreme, "comparatively minimal" may not be the happiest combination.
  • "comparatively little" seems better.
  • It is good style to write small numbers in words.
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I'm not sure it's quite for the reason you suggest, but the overall balance and structure of this does not seem ideal to me. I suggest something along these lines:

"Chosen team captain ahead of eight older players, despite my relative lack of experience."

Since "minimal" has a sense of being absolute or extreme, "comparatively minimal" may not be the happiest combination. "comparat

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