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H M Posted 13 years ago
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Do you say these sentences?
I'm wondering if these sentences below sound natural?
1) Whether or not we/you like it, though, the age of genetic engineering is here.
"Whether we/you like it or not" sounds more familiar to me...but I think it's acceptable, right?
2) The wind was not as storong as to prevent us from doing sky-diving.
I think "not as storong as to" should be "not so storong as to".
1) Whether or not we/you like it, though, the age of genetic engineering is here.
"Whether we/you like it or not" sounds more familiar to me...but I think it's acceptable, right?
2) The wind was not as storong as to prevent us from doing sky-diving.
I think "not as storong as to" should be "not so storong as to".
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but I think it's acceptable, right? I think both forms are common enough. I think "not as storong as to" should be "not so storong as to".
- but I think it's acceptable, right?
- I think both forms are common enough.
- I think "not as storong as to" should be "not so storong as to".
- Yes, but neither is particularly felicitious.
- The more usual is this: The wind was not strong enough to prevent us from sky-diving.
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H M1) Whether or not we/you like it, though, the age of genetic engineering is here."Whether we/you like it or not" sounds more familiar to me...but I think it's acceptable, right?I think both forms are common enough.
H M2) The wind was not as storong as to prevent us from doing sky-diving.I think "not as storong as to" s
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