Through/with his remark

You haven't given the entire context.

But generally speaking 'through' and 'by' have the same meaning ,i.e. 'by means of' or 'using'.

In this case I think 'through' is the better alternative.

Hi,

I am writing a report and I wonder if the following structure can be used at all:

Through/with his remark he said that ...

Which of the two is more commonly used? Which is better in academic writing? Is there a third option?

Both sound a little awkward to me. Can you supply a context?



Have you considered saying simply 'He sa

Dear Clive,

This is part of my paper:

Let us now adduce another example in which a couple visit an art gallery and the husband stops in front of a remarkably ugly painting and turns to her his wife and says:

(25) It is beautiful!

Through his remark in (25) above, the husband may evaluate the painting with respect to some more generally shared aes

Hi,

Let us now adduce another example in which a couple visit an art gallery and the husband stops in front of a remarkably ugly painting and turns to her his wife and says:

(25) It is beautiful!

Through his remark in (25) above, the husband may evaluate the painting with respect to some more generally shared aesthetic standard rather than to his own

What would you use instead of 'through', then?

Hi,

What would you use instead of 'through', then?

I'd reword to make the sequence of events clear.

Here are a couple of possibilities.

The husband's remark in (25) above shows he may have evaluated the painting with respect to some more generally shared aesthetic standard, rather than his own.



The husband's remark in (25) ab

Thanks Clive. One last thing. Did you omit "to" deliberately from your sentences? In other words, which is correct:

1. , rather than his own.

2. , rather than to his own.?

Thank you.

Palinkasocsi

Hi,

Both are OK.

As a rule of thumb, the further back in the sentence the word (eg 'to') is, the more desirable it becomes not to omit it.

Best wishes, Clive

Thank you, Clive.

Palinkasocsi