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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Should " with particular effectiveness" be " with a particular effectiveness" to make it more accurate?
Context:
THE "ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN" dates back at least to Cicero. It was put forward with particular effectiveness by William Paley in 1802 in a highly influential book, Natural Theology, or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity Collected fiom the Appearance of Nature. Paley, a moral philosopher and Anglican priest, posed the famous watchmaker analogy:
THE "ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN" dates back at least to Cicero. It was put forward with particular effectiveness by William Paley in 1802 in a highly influential book, Natural Theology, or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity Collected fiom the Appearance of Nature. Paley, a moral philosopher and Anglican priest, posed the famous watchmaker analogy:
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No, it's fine as written.
- No, it's fine as written.
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You do not need to insert an "a." The way it was written is correct.
Though there is an absence of commas, think of "with particular effectiveness" as nearly parenthetical (extra commentary), since without this string of words the rest of the sentence stands on it's own: "It was put forward by William Paley in 1802 in a highly influential book..."
Now think about if you d
Though there is an absence of commas, think of "with particular effectiveness" as nearly parenthetical (extra commentary), since without this string of words the rest of the sentence stands on it's own: "It was put forward by William Paley in 1802 in a highly influential book..."
Now think about if you d
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