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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Question on native tone about " a of b" " b's a" or else
Hi, I really like to know how native speakers tend to look these kind of sentences:
"A involves the termination of B"
"The characterization of C involves the use of....."
I have a hard time reading sentences involving this "V+tion(n.) of" way of writing, but I see them frequently.
Is this a better/more rhetoric way to express things?
Because I tend to use "A terminate B" "C uses ...to characterize", you get the idea.
Are these ways too childish or something?
I hope to learn the rhetoric way the native speakers present things because I want to be more persuasive and fluent in English, but this describing tone (or tone of description?) always frustrates me.
"A involves the termination of B"
"The characterization of C involves the use of....."
I have a hard time reading sentences involving this "V+tion(n.) of" way of writing, but I see them frequently.
Is this a better/more rhetoric way to express things?
Because I tend to use "A terminate B" "C uses ...to characterize", you get the idea.
Are these ways too childish or something?
I hope to learn the rhetoric way the native speakers present things because I want to be more persuasive and fluent in English, but this describing tone (or tone of description?) always frustrates me.
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Yours is a good question. ) of" way of writing, but I see them frequently. -- It is a more formal style which traditionally has been a part of academic/scientific writing in particular, but which has more recently come under fire as turgid.
- Yours is a good question.
- ) of" way of writing, but I see them frequently.
- -- It is a more formal style which traditionally has been a part of academic/scientific writing in particular, but which has more recently come under fire as turgid.
- Still, many academicians (but few good writers) are enamoured of it.
- to characterize", you get the idea.
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Yours is a good question.
"A involves the termination of B" "The characterization of C involves the use of....."
I have a hard time reading sentences involving this "V+tion(n.) of" way of writing, but I see them frequently.
Is this a better/more rhetoric way to express things?-- It is a more formal style which traditionally has been a part of academic/scientific wr
"A involves the termination of B" "The characterization of C involves the use of....."
I have a hard time reading sentences involving this "V+tion(n.) of" way of writing, but I see them frequently.
Is this a better/more rhetoric way to express things?-- It is a more formal style which traditionally has been a part of academic/scientific wr
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