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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Insects and gravity
Are these 2 sentences natural?
Is respect correct here?
Gravity doesn’t affect insects the way it does us.
It is like insects don’t respect the law of gravity.
Thank you
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anonymous Are these 2 sentences natural? Yes. anonymous Is respect correct here?
- anonymous Are these 2 sentences natural?
- Yes.
- anonymous Is respect correct here?
- It strikes me as a little joke, that insects have the intelligence to disrespect anything.
- I think you mean that they don't obey the law of gravity.
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anonymousAre these 2 sentences natural?
Yes.
anonymousIs respect correct here?
It strikes me as a little joke, that insects have the intelligence to disrespect anything. I think you mean that they don't obey the law of gravity.
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That is OK, but "like" in this sense is casual conversational English. In writing, you should more properly say "as if" or "as though", unless you deliberately want a casual feel. "respect" is OK.
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