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Nelly Boichenco Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

How to rephrase a phrase

I'd like to rephrase a sentence:

When I was a student I was curious about smth.

I'd like to get rid of two "I" in the sentence. Is the following grammatically correct :

As a student I was curious about smth.

At the university I was curious about smth.

What phrase is the best? Could you please suggest any other way to rephrase that sentence? I am writing some official letter and I want to get rid of that "I" as much as possible. The idea of the sentence is to stress that I began to study/ to express interest to smth when I was a student.

Thanks in andvance for any suggestions
  

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Nelly Boichenco I'd like to get rid of two "I" in the sentence. There is no reason to; your original is fine and common. At the university I was curious about smth.

— Mister Micawber

  • Nelly Boichenco I'd like to get rid of two "I" in the sentence.
  • There is no reason to; your original is fine and common.
  • At the university I was curious about smth.
  • though the first intimates that you are no longer curious and the second intimates that the curio was at the university.
  • Nelly Boichenco I am writing some official letter and I want to get rid of that "I" as much as possible There is no need to do so.
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Nelly BoichencoI'd like to get rid of two "I" in the sentence.
There is no reason to; your original is fine and common.
Nelly BoichencoAs a student I was curious about smth.At the university I was curious about smth.
But you can use those if you wish...though the first intimates that you are no longer curious and the second
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