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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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exact
Is this a natural way to use 'to be exact'?
To be exact I would have had to use a knife to cut it not break off a piece with my hands. If you want the bigger piece just ask.
I've heard used like : I was born in the US, NYC to be exact.
Can I used it like in sentence 1, would you in the US use it in that way?
To be exact I would have had to use a knife to cut it not break off a piece with my hands. If you want the bigger piece just ask.
I've heard used like : I was born in the US, NYC to be exact.
Can I used it like in sentence 1, would you in the US use it in that way?
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Anonymous I was born in the US, NYC to be exact. In " I was born in the US—NYC , to be exact", "to be exact" is a figure of speech, and a conjunctive adverb that takes a comma. ", it is literal and does not take a comma.
- Anonymous I was born in the US, NYC to be exact.
- In " I was born in the US—NYC , to be exact", "to be exact" is a figure of speech, and a conjunctive adverb that takes a comma.
- ", it is literal and does not take a comma.
- Both uses are unremarkable.
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Anonymous I was born in the US, NYC to be exact.In " I was born in the US—NYC, to be exact", "to be exact" is a figure of speech, and a conjunctive adverb that takes a comma. In "To be exact I would have had to use a knife ...", it is literal and does not take a comma. Both uses are unremarkable.
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