Should I say ‘said’ or ‘asked’ in the sentence? My personal choice is ‘said.’ Have I correctly used ‘proud of,’ ‘that,’ and ‘giving trivia’ in the sentence?
Proud of his co-workers, Mr. Sy (said, asked) as if he were giving trivia: “Who knows that our secretary is a former beauty queen, that our clerks are multi-awarded employees, and that our utility workers are national awardees?”
giving trivia Do you mean he was saying something in a way that mad it sound unimportant? Who knows that. .
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giving trivia Do you mean he was saying something in a way that mad it sound unimportant?
Who knows that. . . ? Why is he asking it as a question?
I'd delete the phrase as if he were giving trivia.
How about this? eg “Our secretary is a former beauty queen, our clerks are multi-awarded employees, and our utility workers are national awardees.”