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Ryansamturner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Sentence Review

Hi,

I have a couple of sentences, but not sure if they make sense.

'They were my blades, my shaving blades, from the days when I used to actually care about my appearance.'
I am not sure whether it is better to rearrange this as such:
'They were my blades, my shaving blades, from the days when I actually used to care about my appearance.'
  

Top answer

You asked this same question back on September 13 . "Razor blades" is usual, not "shaving blades". As for your reordering, it hardly matters stylistically, since the understood meaning is the same, and "actually" is flabby, anyway.

— Enoon

  • You asked this same question back on September 13 .
  • "Razor blades" is usual, not "shaving blades".
  • As for your reordering, it hardly matters stylistically, since the understood meaning is the same, and "actually" is flabby, anyway.
  • I think I would use the second in speech without thinking.
  • Among the former answers was one that mentions the split infinitive in the first, but I don't think we need to be that fussy in such a casual sentence, even if there were such a thing as a split infinitive.
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You asked this same question back on September 13.

"Razor blades" is usual, not "shaving blades". As for your reordering, it hardly matters stylistically, since the understood meaning is the same, and "actually" is flabby, anyway. I think I would use the second i
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Apologies, I forgot that I'd already asked.

Thanks for the comments.
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