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Which do you prefer#

a. On days when I eat lunch or dinner at a restaurant, I typically skip the meal beforehand, not so that I avoid ruining my appetite, but so that I stay within my daily calorie allowance I have set myself.

b. On days when I eat lunch or dinner at a restaurant, I typically skip the meal beforehand, not because I do not want to ruin my appetite but because I want to stay within my daily calorie allowance I have set myself.

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a. On days when I eat lunch or dinner at a restaurant, I typically skip the meal beforehand, not so that I avoid ruining my appetite, but so that I stay within the daily calorie allowance I have set myself. b.

  • a.
  • On days when I eat lunch or dinner at a restaurant, I typically skip the meal beforehand, not so that I avoid ruining my appetite, but so that I stay within the daily calorie allowance I have set myself.
  • b.
  • On days when I eat lunch or dinner at a restaurant, I typically skip the meal beforehand, not because I do not want to ruin my appetite but because I want to stay within the daily calorie allowance I have set myself.
  • Otherwise, both are fine.
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a. On days when I eat lunch or dinner at a restaurant, I typically skip the meal beforehand, not so that I avoid ruining my appetite, but so that I stay within the daily calorie allowance I have set myself.

b. On days when I eat lunch or dinner at a restaurant, I typically skip the meal beforehand, not because I do not want to ruin my appetite but because I want to stay w

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