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Little Girl Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Consider + something + done by Vs Consider + something + which is done by...

Hi. Is it correct to say "Please consider the people striken by famine"? Is it really necessary to add "who are" before "striken"? Thanks.
  

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Is it correct to say "Please consider the people stri c ken by famine"? Yes Is it really necessary to add "who are" before " stricken "? No

  • Is it correct to say "Please consider the people stri c ken by famine"?
  • Yes Is it really necessary to add "who are" before " stricken "?
  • No
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Is it correct to say "Please consider the people stricken by famine"? Yes
Is it really necessary to add "who are" before "stricken"? No
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So would this sentence be correct, too, then?

I request your kindness in considering my educational progress threatened by my dire circumstances.
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Do you mean this? I request your kindness in considering my educational progress (which is) threatened by my dire circumstances.

Unlike the previous example, it's hard to understand this.
You seem to be asking the reader to consider your educational progress. That's a ve
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Yes, I mean that. Is it really necessary to say "which is" there? I don't understand why if so. Please expain.

Yes, I mean to ask the reader to kindly show some consideration for my educational progress which is deteriorating.
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Yes, I mean that. Is it really necessary to say "which is" there? I don't understand why if so. Please expain.

Yes, I mean to ask the reader to kindly show some consideration for my educational progress which is deteriorating.

Let me explain some idiomatic ways of using the word 'consider'.

consider
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Exactly, and allow me to add if we ask someone to consider X as, then it might not be the way we ask them to look at X.
I want to them to show some consideration for my educational progress which is in constant jeopardy, but I don't want to say "which is"? Any way out?

I looked up for the possible meanings of "consider" and did find "some consideration for", and thought they co
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show consideration for*
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Throughout this whole thread, I have really been unable to understand your intended meaning clearly.
Perhaps at this point it would be a good idea if you tried to express it as clearly as you can, using whichever words you think provide the greatest clarity.

I don't think your intended
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Hah, true! I mean to ask them to sympathize with my educational progress which is in danger because of my grave circumstance.

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