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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
History doesn't have to do with naked facts; they are worn with garments that are indicative of the general traditional leaning among scholars of a given generation, except for the few whom an unorthodox minority delivers, but such not distinguished by more or less prudery.
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History doesn't have to do with naked facts; they are worn with garments that are indicative of the general traditional leaning among scholars of a given generation, except for the few whom an unorthodox minority delivers, but such not distinguished by more or less prudery.
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The meaning gets lost towards the end. History doesn't have to do with naked facts; they are worn with garments indicative of the general leaning among scholars of a given generation, except for the few ( scholars? facts?
- The meaning gets lost towards the end.
- History doesn't have to do with naked facts; they are worn with garments indicative of the general leaning among scholars of a given generation, except for the few ( scholars?
- facts?
- garments?
- ) whom an unorthodox minority delivers ( ?
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The meaning gets lost towards the end.
History doesn't have to do with naked facts; they are worn with garments indicative of the general leaning among scholars of a given generation, except for the few (scholars? facts? garments?) whom an unorthodox minority delivers (?), but such (scholars? fact
The meaning gets lost towards the end.
History doesn't have to do with naked facts; they are worn with garments indicative of the general leaning among scholars of a given generation, except for the few (scholars? facts? garments?) whom an unorthodox minority delivers (?), but such (scholars? fact
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That would mean that "whom" refers back to facts. That doesn't seem likely.
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No, it remains convoluted. Too much info, really, crammed into one sentence-- and the referent problem remains. Perhaps:
History doesn't have to do with naked facts; they are worn with garments indicative of the general leaning among scholars of a given generation, except for the few more or less prudish items which an unorthodox minority reveals
No, it remains convoluted. Too much info, really, crammed into one sentence-- and the referent problem remains. Perhaps:
History doesn't have to do with naked facts; they are worn with garments indicative of the general leaning among scholars of a given generation, except for the few more or less prudish items which an unorthodox minority reveals
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I agree the above is better, but was my sentence grammatically incorrect?
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You had words without clear antecedants.
There's a difference between being correct and comprehensible. It was not comprehensible.
There's a difference between being correct and comprehensible. It was not comprehensible.
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