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Zuotengdazuo Posted 7 years ago
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The trick was as cruel as I have ever seen

But between ourselves, Windibank, it was as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a petty way as ever came before me.

A Case of Identity, short story, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Hi. I’d like to make some changes to this sentence. Are the following versions correct?

1. it was as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a petty way as I have ever seen

2. the trick was as cruel and selfish and heartless in a petty way as I have ever seen

3. the trick was as cruel and selfish and heartless in a petty way as I have ever seen it

Thank you.

  

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zuotengdazuo 1. it was as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a petty way as I have ever seen OK. zuotengdazuo 2.

— Anonymous

  • zuotengdazuo 1.
  • it was as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a petty way as I have ever seen OK.
  • zuotengdazuo 2.
  • the trick was as cruel and selfish and heartless in a petty way as I have ever seen No.
  • You no longer say what it is you have seen before.
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zuotengdazuo1. it was as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a petty way as I have ever seen

OK.

zuotengdazuo2. the trick was as cruel and selfish and heartless in a petty way as I have ever seen

No. You no longer say what it is you have seen before. Maybe "the trick was one as cruel and selfish and h

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zuotengdazuo1. it was as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a petty way as I have ever seen

OK.

zuotengdazuo2. the trick was as cruel and selfish and heartless in a petty way as I have ever seen

In normal reading, this reads acceptably to me. Under very close scrutiny, there is a suggestion of the problem t

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