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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Conversely,on the other hand, by contrast.

Consider the following:

1- Hamburg is not clean at all,conversely, it has always been a very contaminated city.

2- Hamburg is not clean at all, on the contrary, it has always been a very contaminated city.

3- Hamburg is not clean at all,by contrast, it has always been a very contaminated city.

My goal is to find the correct word or prase to imply an absolute contrast between the two statements. So, -A is completely different from B .

Thanks in advance.

  

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You need this: anonymous 2- Hamburg is not clean at all ; on the contrary, it has always been a very contaminated city. CJ

  • You need this: anonymous 2- Hamburg is not clean at all ; on the contrary, it has always been a very contaminated city.
  • CJ
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You need this:

anonymous2- Hamburg is not clean at all; on the contrary, it has always been a very contaminated city.

CJ

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anonymousMy goal is to find the correct word or phrase

#1 is rather stilted; #3 is the wrong phrase; #2 is your best choice. Another problem is punctuation.

1- Hamburg is not clean at all; conversely, it has always been a very contaminated city.

2- Hamburg is not c

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Of those three I would choose (2), but the punctuation isn't correct (the punctuation isn't correct in any of the sentences, in fact). These are possible ways to punctuate it:

Hamburg is not clean at all; on the contrary, it has always been a very contaminated city.
Hamburg is not clean at all. On the contrary, it has always been a very contaminated city.

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