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Silak12 Posted 8 years ago
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Such as whether

Hi, everyone.

"I will not bother to try and find out whether that person, whose picture I am looking at on Instagram, is better than me, such as whether he/she is more beautiful than me or he/she is richer than me.

"I will not bother to try and find out whether that person, whose picture I am looking at on Instagram, is better than me, such as in terms of whether he/she is more beautiful than me or he/she is richer than me.

Could you tell me whether both the above sentences are correct?

  

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Both sentences, though intelligible, are incorrect in their use of "such as". The second sentence seems worse than the first. You can say this: I will not bother to try and/to find out whether that person, whose picture I am looking at on Instagram, is better than me — for example , whether he/she is more beautiful than me or he/she is richer than me.

— GPY

  • Both sentences, though intelligible, are incorrect in their use of "such as".
  • The second sentence seems worse than the first.
  • You can say this: I will not bother to try and/to find out whether that person, whose picture I am looking at on Instagram, is better than me — for example , whether he/she is more beautiful than me or he/she is richer than me.
  • "try to" is formally more proper than "try and", though "try and" is common and accepted in everyday language.
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Both sentences, though intelligible, are incorrect in their use of "such as". The second sentence seems worse than the first. You can say this:

I will not bother to try and/to find out whether that person, whose picture I am looking at on Instagram, is better than me — for example, whether he/she is more beautiful than me or he/she is richer than me.

"try to" i

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No. The problem in both sentences is that there is no clear antecedent to which 'such' refers to.

Consider this version.

I will not bother to try and find out whether that person, whose picture I am looking at on Instagram, is better than me in terms such as whether he/she is more beautiful than me or he/she is richer than me.

Clive

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