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anonymous I read this only but don’t understand why « diagnosis of » is in the sentence Can’t you take it out? Yes, you can take it out. That might even improve the sentence.

  • anonymous I read this only but don’t understand why « diagnosis of » is in the sentence Can’t you take it out?
  • Yes, you can take it out.
  • That might even improve the sentence.
  • Nevertheless, the writer may have wanted to be sure that the reader understood that he was discussing depression that was diagnosed as such by a qualified doctor, and not ordinary depression, the sadness and/or lack of energy that we all feel from time to time, which is not a medical condition but a temporary mood.
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anonymousI read this only but don’t understand why « diagnosis of » is in the sentence Can’t you take it out?

Yes, you can take it out. That might even improve the sentence.

Nevertheless, the writer may have wanted to be sure that the reader understood that he was discussing depression that was diagnosed as such by a qualified doctor, and not ordinar

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