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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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i want to know if this sentence is correct: ''which girl never ate chocolate for being anxious...and lettuce for vanity?''

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Grammatically it seems fine. I don't really understand the meaning though. What context are you using this in?

  • Grammatically it seems fine.
  • I don't really understand the meaning though.
  • What context are you using this in?
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Grammatically it seems fine. I don't really understand the meaning though. What context are you using this in?
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It looks like a question to me so I'd prefer

Which girl did never eat chocolate...?
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I don't like the "for being anxious" part.

The only time this would make sense is if someone said "Look! Over there is a girl who never ate chocolate for anxiety and never ate lettuce for... [whatever it was that I can't see in the original post.]"

And someone answered, "Oh really? Which girl never ....?" It would require such a bizarre context that it's hard to believe it would
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Grammar GeekI don't like the "for being anxious" part.
I am with GG. The whole construction gave me a feeling of breathing through a stuffed up nose because from a logical and grammatical point of view:

1) If we are making a general reference, “which girl never ate…” sounds like running one’s fingers on chalkboard to my ears.

2)
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Anonymous... if this sentence is correct: which girl never ate chocolate for being anxious...and lettuce for vanity?

Not exactly correct, no. Assuming you are making a mild rhetorical plea to overlook certain behaviors which girls may feel guilty about, I think you need something like this:

What girl has never eaten chocolate [for
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Ah, I see Jim.
Like "Who among us hasn't at sometime done this." That would make sense.

Regarding the chocolate, must one feel anxious to enjoy it? I thought it was simply another major food group.
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Grammar GeekI thought it was simply another major food group.
There are others? Emotion: surprise

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Yes, it's important to get your grains as well. Beer covers that.
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Don't forget your fruit.

Vodka & orange.

Pimms Cocktail - the easiest way to get 5 per day in the summer.

The list is endless.

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