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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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my father neither gives in to me nor gives up on me
No matter how stubborn I am, my father neither gives in to me nor gives up on me.
Hi,
Is it better to omit the first "me" in the above or keep it? And the reason? Thanks.
Hi,
Is it better to omit the first "me" in the above or keep it? And the reason? Thanks.
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I prefer to keep "me". It makes the sentence easier to parse, and the repetition of "me" does not bother me. However, I would be quite happy with something like "my father neither likes nor respects me" (here the reader is less likely to stumble over the construction).
- I prefer to keep "me".
- It makes the sentence easier to parse, and the repetition of "me" does not bother me.
- However, I would be quite happy with something like "my father neither likes nor respects me" (here the reader is less likely to stumble over the construction).
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I prefer to keep "me". It makes the sentence easier to parse, and the repetition of "me" does not bother me.
However, I would be quite happy with something like "my father neither likes nor respects me" (here the reader is less likely to stumble over the construction).
However, I would be quite happy with something like "my father neither likes nor respects me" (here the reader is less likely to stumble over the construction).
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