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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is there a way to express "the difference between x and y" without the "and"?

I was wondering if I could, for example, replace the "and" with "versus". It's a long sentence and the first part already involves the word "and", making it unclear where the two things that I'm trying to point out the difference between begin and end.
  

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"the difference between x versus y" does not sound good to me. Could you post the whole sentence?

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  • Could you post the whole sentence?
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"the difference between x versus y" does not sound good to me. Could you post the whole sentence?
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AnonymousIt's a long sentence
Rewrite the sentence. Long sentences make writing difficult to understand clearly.
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The whole sentence: "The difference between Martha’s recollections of her brother and his accident versus the way she talks of events involving her sister and her emotional response to them is extremely significant in that regard."

I can't replace "her brother and his accident" with "her brother's accident", because I'm also talking about memories that took place before the acciden
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Perhaps you could try some pragmatic commas?

"The difference between Martha’s recollections of her brother and his accident, and the way she talks of events involving her sister and her emotional response to them, is extremely significant in that regard."
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AnonymousThe difference between Martha’s recollections of her brother and his accident versus the way she talks of events involving her sister and her emotional response to them is extremely significant in that regard.
The most puzzling part of the sentence is the last three words (in that regard). I suppose it's a reference to something that you've me
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