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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Or

Does the conjunction 'or' make sense in this context:


"I opened my account with the minimum value stipulated by that financial entity, or 250 Euros."



Note: By 'or 250', I mean to say how much the minimum value was.

  

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", "this is (to say)", or "namely" instead of "or" in that sentence.

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  • ", "this is (to say)", or "namely" instead of "or" in that sentence.
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Christine Christie"I opened my account with the minimum value stipulated by that financial entity, or 250 Euros."

I'd use "i.e", "viz.", "this is (to say)", or "namely" instead of "or" in that sentence.

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Christine ChristieDoes the conjunction 'or' make sense in this context:

Yes, but it is ambiguous. This use of "or" is always tricky.

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Christine Christiestipulated by that financial entity

I'm not sure that this part adds much to the sentence that the reader cannot surmise on his own.

Christine ChristieDoes the conjunction 'or' make sense in this context

Yes, but there are better ways to say that.

In my opinion it's better just to write

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