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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

In terms of

Is this sentence correct, using in terms of in this sentence? Would you have said the sentence differently?

I would like to check out the town center but that's it in terms of sightseeing.

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Anonymous I would like to check out the town center but that's it in terms of sightseeing. It's correct, natural, idiomatic. In actual practice, it would be preceded by some context which explained your state of mind.

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  • Anonymous I would like to check out the town center but that's it in terms of sightseeing.
  • It's correct, natural, idiomatic.
  • In actual practice, it would be preceded by some context which explained your state of mind.
  • You have two independent clauses, so a comma after "center" would be appropriate.
  • If you said, ".
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AnonymousI would like to check out the town center but that's it in terms of sightseeing.
It's correct, natural, idiomatic.
In actual practice, it would be preceded by some context which explained your state of mind.
You have two independent clauses, so a comma after "center" would be appropriate.
If you said, ". . . . but that will be it for me
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Anonymous Is this sentence correct, using in terms of in this sentence? Would you have said the sentence differently?I would like to check out the town center but that's it in terms of sightseeing. Thanks
Often times, learners may have posted awkwardly constructed sentences here which are grammatically correct. This p
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Anonymousthat's it in terms of sightseeing.
This is a phrase I might well use myself.
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grammarfreak However, from a semantic perspective, it has that odd ring to the senses.. If i were someone new in town or a tourist, something like: " I would like to do some sightseeing and check out the town center", or " I'd like to visit the town center " will be clear enough. To me, the underlined not only is unnecessary but it also projects something unclear in the m
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I completely understood the phrase. If the phrase used in the sentence work for you, great.Without any extended context, I would not included phrase. Again, "in terms of " grammar, it is correct.
Blue JayThe meaning of the sentence is I'd like to check out the town center, but I am not interested in doing any other sightseeing. If you are fam
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