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Cboutin3 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is the use of 'degree of' proper in this sentence?

During the Chaos War in 383 AC, Caramon and Tika experienced a degree of misfortune and hardship.
  

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We don't know if it was a large degree or a small degree.

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  • We don't know if it was a large degree or a small degree.
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We don't know if it was a large degree or a small degree.
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Thanks, would this revision be better then because I want the degree to be sort of ambiguous? During the Chaos War in 383 AC, Caramon and Tika experienced some misfortune and hardship.
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'Some' and 'a degree of' (or 'some degree of') are all somewhat ambiguous.
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