Is it proper to include 'has to do with' in the given sentence?
Hi! I want to ask if it is proper to include 'has to do with' in the following sentence.
The most common difficulty experienced by university students in creative writing has to do with the use of figurative language.
Would it be better if I omitted that phrase instead?
The most common difficulty experienced by university students in creative writing is the use of figurative language.
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Rommel Would it be better if I omitted that phrase instead? Yes, if you can without changing your meaning. Omitting the phrase means the difficulty is the use of figurative language.
- Rommel Would it be better if I omitted that phrase instead?
- Yes, if you can without changing your meaning.
- Omitting the phrase means the difficulty is the use of figurative language.
- Keeping the phrase means that the difficulty is something else, but something related to figurative language in some as yet unspecified way.
- CJ
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RommelWould it be better if I omitted that phrase instead?
Yes, if you can without changing your meaning. Omitting the phrase means the difficulty is the use of figurative language.
Keeping the phrase means that the difficulty is something else, but something related to figurative language in some as yet unspecified way.
CJ
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