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Ohmyrichard Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
taking into consideration the fact that...?
Hi,everyone. In the letter I wrote to my friend today, I said:
Taking into consideration the fact that the average working Chinese could only earn a monthly salary of less than 100 yuan at that time, I will say that I lived a decent life during my college years.
But I was not and am not sure of the sentence structure "taking into consideration the fact that...". I should admit I have never come across this structure in my reading. Is it allowed in English? If not, would you please tell me how to improve the whole sentence above? Oh,yeah, right now I think of using "Considering(that)" instead. But still please help me improve the whole sentence and make it sound natural to native speakers.
Thanks.
Richard
Taking into consideration the fact that the average working Chinese could only earn a monthly salary of less than 100 yuan at that time, I will say that I lived a decent life during my college years.
But I was not and am not sure of the sentence structure "taking into consideration the fact that...". I should admit I have never come across this structure in my reading. Is it allowed in English? If not, would you please tell me how to improve the whole sentence above? Oh,yeah, right now I think of using "Considering(that)" instead. But still please help me improve the whole sentence and make it sound natural to native speakers.
Thanks.
Richard
Top answer
You came to the same conclusion I would have recommended: Considering that the average working Chinese could expect a monthly salary of... You will often hear "the fact that" but it's rarely necessary. Like "in order to," you can usually omit it in the middle of a sentence.
- You came to the same conclusion I would have recommended: Considering that the average working Chinese could expect a monthly salary of...
- You will often hear "the fact that" but it's rarely necessary.
- Like "in order to," you can usually omit it in the middle of a sentence.
- At the beginning, it gets the reader off on the right foot to include it, though.
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You came to the same conclusion I would have recommended: Considering that the average working Chinese could expect a monthly salary of...
You will often hear "the fact that" but it's rarely necessary. Like "in order to," you can usually omit it in the middle of a sentence. At the beginning, it gets the reader off on the right foot to include it, though.
You will often hear "the fact that" but it's rarely necessary. Like "in order to," you can usually omit it in the middle of a sentence. At the beginning, it gets the reader off on the right foot to include it, though.
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Thanks, Grammar Geek. What do you mean by "get the reader off on the right foot"? Do you mean "attract attention from the reader" by having "in order (to do something)"? Then how about the rest of my sentence? Do you feel comfortable with the rest of it? Is there any room for improvement in it?
Thanks.
Richard
Thanks.
Richard
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If you just started the sentence with "that," it will make the reader work a bit harder to understand the sentence.
My version did have a few other changes to the beginning. The ending was fine.
My version did have a few other changes to the beginning. The ending was fine.
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Thanks, Grammar Geek. I have noticed the changes in your revision: "Considering that" and "could expect." But I am still not so clear about the meanings of "get the reader off on the right foot" and "If you just started the sentence with 'that' ". What would my sentence be like if I started it with 'that'?
Thanks.
Richard
Thanks.
Richard
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As I said, starting the entire sentence with "that" makes the reader work harder from the very beginning to get your meaning. Although I would not use "the fact that" in the middle of the text, I would use that rather than simply "that" at the beginning. It helps orient the reader better than simply starting with the word "that," which can have many meanings.
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As I said, starting the entire sentence with "that" makes the reader work harder from the very beginning to get your meaning. Although I would not use "the fact that" in the middle of the text, I would use that rather than simply "that" at the beginning. It helps orient the reader better than simply starting with the word "that," which can have many meanings.
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