Is it good English to say “has empathy, rather than sympathy, for”? Should there really be a comma after ‘empathy’ and another comma after ‘sympathy’?
Is it good English to say “My girlfriend has empathy, rather than sympathy, for me”? Should there really be a comma after ‘empathy’ and another comma after ‘sympathy’?
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Yes, your sentence is fine. I prefer the commas because the two pauses they represent give more stress to 'rather than sympathy'. They also make it clearer that 'for me' refers to 'empathy' as well as to 'sympathy', which I assume is the intended meaning.
- Yes, your sentence is fine.
- I prefer the commas because the two pauses they represent give more stress to 'rather than sympathy'.
- They also make it clearer that 'for me' refers to 'empathy' as well as to 'sympathy', which I assume is the intended meaning.
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Yes, your sentence is fine.
I prefer the commas because the two pauses they represent give more stress to 'rather than sympathy'. They also make it clearer that 'for me' refers to 'empathy' as well as to 'sympathy', which I assume is the intended meaning.
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