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Snuppelina Posted 12 years ago
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Could someone check a sentence

Organic chemistry - the most attractive/brightest field of chemistry - had been attracting his attention for over 10 years.
  

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"attractive" seems rather subjective for a statement presented as factual. Also, the "attractive ... attracting" repetition would be noticeable.

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  • "attractive" seems rather subjective for a statement presented as factual.
  • Also, the "attractive ...
  • attracting" repetition would be noticeable.
  • "brightest" is not impossible, but I wonder if it is really what you mean.
  • Could you describe in a few more words what you want to convey?
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"attractive" seems rather subjective for a statement presented as factual. Also, the "attractive ... attracting" repetition would be noticeable. "brightest" is not impossible, but I wonder if it is really what you mean. Could you describe in a few more words what you want to convey?

Your sentence needs dashes but you have typed hyphens.
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Yeah, thanks, I know that it's badEmotion: embarrassed It was like a draft.
I mean to say perhaps "outstanding field" that has been of inter
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I wonder if "exciting" may work. It also feels a little subjective, but if you are writing "with an opinion" I think it's OK. If you are writing purely factually then you would need to use some extra wording like "considered by many to be...", or whatever.

Perhaps someone else can make a better suggestion.
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