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He is an influential guy, which means he may be able to help you.
Is it okay while writing conversations (like one person advising another) to split the sentence like this: He is an influential guy. Meaning, he may be able to help you.
What I mean is: starting a new sentence with 'meaning, so and so' ... is that okay and sound more natural in conversations than the formal '... which means so and so..'?
Regards,
He is an influential guy, which means he may be able to help you.
Is it okay while writing conversations (like one person advising another) to split the sentence like this: He is an influential guy. Meaning, he may be able to help you.
What I mean is: starting a new sentence with 'meaning, so and so' ... is that okay and sound more natural in conversations than the formal '... which means so and so..'?
Regards,
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"He is an influential guy, which means he may be able to help you" is not noticeably formal. However, "so" would be more common than "which means". "He is an influential guy.
- "He is an influential guy, which means he may be able to help you" is not noticeably formal.
- However, "so" would be more common than "which means".
- "He is an influential guy.
- Meaning he may be able to help you" is possible but unusual.
- It has a staccato feel, and you would not write it this way unless you were deliberately trying to create a special stylistic effect.
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"He is an influential guy, which means he may be able to help you" is not noticeably formal. However, "so" would be more common than "which means".
"He is an influential guy. Meaning he may be able to help you" is possible but unusual. It has a staccato feel, and you would not write it this way unless you were deliberately trying to create a special stylistic effect. "Meaning he may be a
"He is an influential guy. Meaning he may be able to help you" is possible but unusual. It has a staccato feel, and you would not write it this way unless you were deliberately trying to create a special stylistic effect. "Meaning he may be a
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