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Cboutin3 Posted 13 years ago
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Is that structured correctly or should I get rid of the "by comparison" part?

Unlike his healthy twin, Caramon, Raistlin was sickly and small by comparison, and was constantly harassed by the other children, though his older brother protected him
  

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Please put your entire question in the text box. Only the first part of the topic line shows, and it often looks like nonsense and makes the body of the post look that way, too. Get rid of it.

  • Please put your entire question in the text box.
  • Only the first part of the topic line shows, and it often looks like nonsense and makes the body of the post look that way, too.
  • Get rid of it.
  • "Unlike" clashes with it.
  • It seems to say that Caramon was not sickly and small by comparison, and though that may be true, it's not what you mean to say.
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Please put your entire question in the text box. Only the first part of the topic line shows, and it often looks like nonsense and makes the body of the post look that way, too.

Get rid of it. "Unlike" clashes with it. It seems to say that Caramon was not sickly and small by comparison, and though that may be true, it's not what you mean to say.

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