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Santosh121 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

time

Can I write : flow of time can really be varied or for that matter can be manipulated.
  

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It is not clear whether what you have written is supposed to be a complete sentence or a fragment. There would normally have to be something before "flow of time": at the simplest, " The flow of time". I would put a comma before "or", and probably also commas around "for that matter".

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  • It is not clear whether what you have written is supposed to be a complete sentence or a fragment.
  • There would normally have to be something before "flow of time": at the simplest, " The flow of time".
  • I would put a comma before "or", and probably also commas around "for that matter".
  • It is not totally clear to me what distinction is being made between "can be varied" and "can be manipulated".
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It is not clear whether what you have written is supposed to be a complete sentence or a fragment. There would normally have to be something before "flow of time": at the simplest, "The flow of time". I would put a comma before "or", and probably also commas around "for that matter". It is not totally clear to me what distinction is being made between "can be varied" and "can be manipulated
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Sir, all I wanted to mean : According to Einstein's theory of relativity, the flow of time can really be varied, or for that matter, can be manipulated. would you please tell me whether the sentence correct?
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The distinction between 'varied' and 'manipulated' is still not clear. How do you understand it?
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Sir, here 'varied' means flow of time can be faster or slower than its normal speed under special circumstances and 'manipulated' means one can change or manipulate the speed of time by creating a special situation.
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santosh121Sir, here 'varied' means flow of time can be faster or slower than its normal speed under special circumstances and 'manipulated' means one can change or manipulate the speed of time by creating a special situation.
I wonder if it might be better, then, to say that "the flow of time can really vary, or, for that matter, can be manipulated".
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