Correct or not no. 65

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Dear All,Is the following sentence correct? Does it make sense?It'd be good to see her respond to other students' opinions and share more of her own more often, as I'm certain she is capable of doing (so.)Thank you

Hrsanei · Accepted Answer

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Perfect StrangerDear All,Is the following sentence correct? No

Does it make sense? Yes

It'd be good to see her response to other students' opinions and share more of her own ~~more often~~, as I'm certain she is capable of doing so.

Thank you

Perfect Stranger · Answer

Hmm...

I think that response is a noun... while respond is a verb...

Ozzourti · Answer

Include the word "so."

"Respond" is fine. The sentence looks OK to me.

You could also say:

It'd be good to see her respond to other students' opinions and share more of her own more often, which I'm certain she is capable of doing.

Perfect Stranger · Answer

ozzourtiInclude the word "so."

Thank you Ozzourti. About the "so" part... Is it necessary to include it? For some strange reason, when I read the sentence, it sounds to flow better without "so" at the end. Don't know why though.

Vsuresh · Answer

Hi Perfect Stranger

Ozzourti's sentence is fine without 'so'.

Ozzourti · Answer

Perfect StrangerThank you Ozzourti. About the "so" part... Is it necessary to include it? For some strange reason, when I read the sentence, it sounds to flow better without "so" at the end. Don't know why though.

Well, I'd say "doing" needs an object. In a way, the word "so" substitutes for the idea expressed in the first part of the sentence. You could also use a pronoun such as "that."

However, if you replace the part after the comma with "which I'm certain she is capable of doing" as I did in my previous post, the relative "which" takes on the role of the object of "doing" by pointing to the first part of the sentence.

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