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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
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The same, it turns out, as the previous two patients.

It has confirmed a third case of Cholera in a man who had eaten seafood on the southern island -- the same, it turns out, as the previous two patients.

Is the sentence natural to use?

'turn out' is followed by that clauses and then I think that the usage of 'it turns out' as an inserted one is wrong, right?

What do you native English speakers think?

Thank you so much as usual in advance.
  

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Hans51 Is the sentence natural to use? It seems OK to me, though my impulse is to edit it. 'It turns out' seems useless.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hans51 Is the sentence natural to use?
  • It seems OK to me, though my impulse is to edit it.
  • 'It turns out' seems useless.
  • It has confirmed a third case of cholera in a man who had eaten seafood on t he same southern island as the previous two patients.
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Hans51Is the sentence natural to use?
It seems OK to me, though my impulse is to edit it. 'It turns out' seems useless.

It has confirmed a third case of cholera in a man who had eaten seafood on the same southern island as the previous two patients.
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Thank you so much as usual and I have one more question.

When insertion happen like 'you know', 'it turns out', 'I think', etc, the meaning of them is the same as as it turns out, as I think, as you know or just they have the meaning of that clauses like I think that...you know that...

I feel like as should be added to understand it naturally.
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I'm not sure that 'as' can be added in all cases, but anyway, the comment clauses are quite natural without it.
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