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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence ungrammatical, or am I missing something?

I have just stumbled upon this sentence in a Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_control, and I'm having a hard time telling whether or not it is ungrammatical. English is not my mother tongue, and I have never heard it before.

The sentence in question: "Going for a 'change of scene' can remove emotional stimuli, as may rehearsing injustice to motivate a strong response later."

What does it mean, and how could you rephrase it?

Thank you in advance!
  

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There doesn't seem to be a grammatical inconsistency in this sentence; I must agree it is a little non simplified! Rephrased sentence: Going for a 'change of scene' and/or ' rehearsing injustice to motivate a strong response later ' can remove emotional stimuli. Comment: By making such a construction, the author is, perhaps, laying emphasis on the fact that the latter-written phrase can have the same effect as the former ('change of scene').

— Cxurious

  • There doesn't seem to be a grammatical inconsistency in this sentence; I must agree it is a little non simplified!
  • Rephrased sentence: Going for a 'change of scene' and/or ' rehearsing injustice to motivate a strong response later ' can remove emotional stimuli.
  • Comment: By making such a construction, the author is, perhaps, laying emphasis on the fact that the latter-written phrase can have the same effect as the former ('change of scene').
  • S: Try making sentences with similar construction and you will convince yourself of its compatibility.
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There doesn't seem to be a grammatical inconsistency in this sentence; I must agree it is a little non simplified!

Rephrased sentence: Going for a 'change of scene' and/or 'rehearsing injustice to motivate a strong response later' can remove emotional stimuli.

Comment: By making such a construction, the author is, perhaps, laying emphasis on the fact that the
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OP here.

So it was indeed somewhat like what I thought, but I can't quite grasp what "rehearsing injustice" means. Should I ask about it in the vocabulary subforums?

Thank you very much for your answer!
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