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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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no more likely than
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Gay priests have protested, saying they have serve the church faithfully and are [no more likely than] heterosexual priests to break their vow of celibacy.
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Could I paraphrase it into this, not vitiating the meaning of the sentence?
Gay priests have protested, saying they have serve the church faithfully and are [no more likely] to break their vow of celibacy [than] heterosexual priests.
Gay priests have protested, saying they have serve the church faithfully and are [no more likely than] heterosexual priests to break their vow of celibacy.
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Could I paraphrase it into this, not vitiating the meaning of the sentence?
Gay priests have protested, saying they have serve the church faithfully and are [no more likely] to break their vow of celibacy [than] heterosexual priests.
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Yes, but it should be "have served" in both sentences.
- Yes, but it should be "have served" in both sentences.
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tamguatlayit should be "have served" in both sentencesI have you to thank for this.
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