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Lafang Tam Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Subtle
I heard my friend saying,'Is not there a subtle effort in government's claim to hide the truth?' Is that sentence correct? Thank you.
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No. " feels old-fashioned. Say "Is there not ...
- No.
- " feels old-fashioned.
- Say "Is there not ...
- " "government's claim" needs an article or other determiner, probably "the".
- However, the main problem is that "subtle effort in the government's claim to hide the truth" is hard to understand.
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No.
"Is not there ..." feels old-fashioned. Say "Is there not ... ?"
"government's claim" needs an article or other determiner, probably "the".
However, the main problem is that "subtle effort in the government's claim to hide the truth" is hard to understand. Who is it that supposedly hid the truth?
"Is not there ..." feels old-fashioned. Say "Is there not ... ?"
"government's claim" needs an article or other determiner, probably "the".
However, the main problem is that "subtle effort in the government's claim to hide the truth" is hard to understand. Who is it that supposedly hid the truth?
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Let me clear the meaning that my friend is trying to convey: 'It's the government which is trying to hide the truth by making a false claim which subtly misdirects people.'
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Lafang TamLet me clear the meaning that my friend is trying to convey: 'It's the government which is trying to hide the truth by making a false claim which subtly misdirects people.'OK, sorry, I see what you mean. I think it is too easy to read the original sentence as saying "claim to hide the truth" rather than "effort to hide the truth". I would recommend
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