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Umaa.spk Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

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Most materials under a wide range of conditions resist the flow of electric current to somedegree, UNLIKE superconductors, which demonstrate zero electrical resistance.

Is this sentence correct? Don't you think UNLIKE SUPERCONDUCTORS should be at the starting of the sentence?
  

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spk Don't you think UNLIKE SUPERCONDUCTORS should be at the starting of the sentence? No, because then you would have to take which demonstrate zero electrical resistance up front there, too, and by that time you'd have half the sentence moved to the beginning. That's totally unnecessary.

— CalifJim

  • spk Don't you think UNLIKE SUPERCONDUCTORS should be at the starting of the sentence?
  • No, because then you would have to take which demonstrate zero electrical resistance up front there, too, and by that time you'd have half the sentence moved to the beginning.
  • That's totally unnecessary.
  • I would leave it as is, but it's a matter of opinion, and the surrounding sentences might also influence this stylistic decision.
  • CJ
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umaa.spk Don't you think UNLIKE SUPERCONDUCTORS should be at the starting of the sentence?
No, because then you would have to take which demonstrate zero electrical resistance up front there, too, and by that time you'd have half the sentence moved to the beginning. That's totally unnecessary. I would leave it as is, but it's a matter of opinion, and
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