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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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The first 10 minutes after you take the cast off your arm, it feels weird.

I hate knowing that I spent 2 days of my time just to have 3 minutes of satisfaction, satisfaction of knowing I could do as well as you.
  

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Hi I would say the first is definitely fine The second is OK but I might want to resolve the repeat use of "satisfaction" and "knowing".. If you want to keep the repetition then perhaps a colon could be used. I think this makes the repetion acceptable..

— Dave_anon

  • Hi I would say the first is definitely fine The second is OK but I might want to resolve the repeat use of "satisfaction" and "knowing"..
  • If you want to keep the repetition then perhaps a colon could be used.
  • I think this makes the repetion acceptable..
  • I hate knowing that I spent 2 days of my time just to have 3 minutes of satisfaction: the satisfaction of knowing I could do as well as you.
  • If the repetion is not so important then perhaps..
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Hi

I would say the first is definitely fine

The second is OK but I might want to resolve the repeat use of "satisfaction" and "knowing"..

If you want to keep the repetition then perhaps a colon could be used. I think this makes the repetion acceptable..

I hate knowing that I spent 2 days of my time just to have 3 minutes of satisfaction: the satisfactio
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