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Newguest Posted 14 years ago
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Hi

Which sounds better to you, 1 or 2:

1. The Vipassana meditation technique is all about observing impermanence. This technique of meditation, you will want to close your eyes, sit comfortably without any back support and try to notice what is happening in that particular moment.

2. The Vipassana meditation technique is all about observing the impermanence.
For this technique of meditation, you just have to close your eyes, sit comfortably without any back support and just try to notice what is happening in this particular moment.

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Sentence 1 is not grammatical. " etc. " or "FOR this technique", or "TO USE this technique", or similar, like you did in sentence 2.

— KrisBlueNZ

  • Sentence 1 is not grammatical.
  • " etc.
  • " or "FOR this technique", or "TO USE this technique", or similar, like you did in sentence 2.
  • ".
  • The phrase "you will want to" is just padding, with no useful effect, in this case.
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Sentence 1 is not grammatical. If you start with "This technique of meditation", that becomes the subject of the sentence, and the rest of the sentence should say something like "IS ...", "CAN ...", "WILL ..." etc. If you want to continue with "you will want to close your eyes", you need to start the sentence with "WITH this technique ..." or "FOR this technique", or "TO USE this technique", or si
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Thank you for your thorough explanations, Kris!
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NewguestWhich sounds better to you, 1 or 2:
I would take a little from each.

The Vipassana meditation technique is all about observing impermanence. For this technique of meditation, you just have to close your eyes, sit comfortably without any back support, and just try to notice what is happening
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