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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
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Lord Krishna

Hi,

The Hindu God Lord Krishna is the eight avatar of Vishnu and the embodiment of love and ...

Can I omit "God" (or rather, either "God" or "Lord") without distorting the meaning of the sentence (or breaking English grammar). Does such redundancy (God + Lord) make sense to native speakers?

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The original sounds natural. He is a ***, but his title is 'Lord' (this is a term of respect or rank, not equivalent to the Christian 'Lord' for ***/Jesus). I suppose you may omit '***' if the reader is presumed to be aware of Lord Krishna's godhood, but I wouldn't.

— Mister Micawber

  • The original sounds natural.
  • He is a ***, but his title is 'Lord' (this is a term of respect or rank, not equivalent to the Christian 'Lord' for ***/Jesus).
  • I suppose you may omit '***' if the reader is presumed to be aware of Lord Krishna's godhood, but I wouldn't.
  • And 'eighth', not 'eight'.
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The original sounds natural. He is a ***, but his title is 'Lord' (this is a term of respect or rank, not equivalent to the Christian 'Lord' for ***/Jesus). I suppose you may omit '***' if the reader is presumed to be aware of Lord Krishna's godhood, but I wouldn't.

And 'eighth', not 'eight'.
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