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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Having

The information itself used in the article is either qualitative or quantitative, with the author having a tendency to substantiate qualitative information with recourse to the statistics of his own study. For example…

Does the 'with the author having' part of this sentence make sense?

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Anonymous Does the 'with the author having' part of this sentence make sense? Yes, but "with ... having" or "with ...

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Does the 'with the author having' part of this sentence make sense?
  • Yes, but "with ...
  • having" or "with ...
  • being" are very weak constructions stylistically.
  • CJ
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AnonymousDoes the 'with the author having' part of this sentence make sense?
Yes, but "with ... having" or "with ... being" are very weak constructions stylistically.

CJ
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Hello. Thank you for answering my question. How would you suggest I write this sentence, baring in mind it is for a piece of formal writing? Thank you.
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AnonymousHow would you suggest I write this sentence, bearing in mind it is for a piece of formal writing?
The information itself used in the article is either qualitative or quantitative, with the author having a tendency to substantiate qualitative information with recourse to the statistics of his own study.

The
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CalifJimThe article contains qualitative information which the author substantiates with quantitative information in the form of statistics from his own research.
Can the relative pronoun "which" be omitted in the above sentence? If so, would it be 'less' formal?
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AnonymousCan the relative pronoun "which" be omitted in the above sentence?
Oof! I would not recommend it. It's technically correct, but in such a long sentence the omission of 'which' would tax the reader. Without 'which' to orient the reader, there is a reading in which "the author substantiates" begins a new sentence, and the reader may think he is in th
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