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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
The use of "why"
Is is correct to write: "This is not correct, why I add that ..."?
Thanks!
/Tommy
Thanks!
/Tommy
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No, it's not, Tommy. Something is wrong, but I cannot fix it properly unless you give us the rest of the sentence.
- No, it's not, Tommy.
- Something is wrong, but I cannot fix it properly unless you give us the rest of the sentence.
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No, it's not, Tommy. Something is wrong, but I cannot fix it properly unless you give us the rest of the sentence.
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Ok. The full sentence is: "The above is not finite, why I add the constraint that the vector be |v|=1."
/Tommy
/Tommy
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The above is not finite. Why do/should I add the constraint that the vector be |v|=1?
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The use of why here means therefore. I.e.:
"The above is not finite, therefore I add the constraint that..."
I thought why was alright here, but maybe it isn't.
/Tommy
"The above is not finite, therefore I add the constraint that..."
I thought why was alright here, but maybe it isn't.
/Tommy
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It is indeed not all right. You can do it any of these ways, however:
The above is not finite: that is why I add the constraint that the vector be |v|=1.
The above is not finite, so I add the constraint that the vector be |v|=1.
The above is not finite; therefore I add the constraint that the vector be |v|=1.
The above is not finite: that is why I add the constraint that the vector be |v|=1.
The above is not finite, so I add the constraint that the vector be |v|=1.
The above is not finite; therefore I add the constraint that the vector be |v|=1.
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