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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

traumatic, for lack of a better word,

Hi all

I am not sure where I should place this phrase, which goes with 'traumatic'.

A: "It was an overwhelming, traumatic, for lack of a better word, and ultimately rewarding and theraputic experience."

Thank you

PBF
  

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Peaceblinkfriend Hi all I am not sure where I should place this phrase , which goes with 'traumatic'. " Thank you PBF Frankly, I find that the phrase adds little to the sentence. I'd scratch it.

— Philip

  • Peaceblinkfriend Hi all I am not sure where I should place this phrase , which goes with 'traumatic'.
  • " Thank you PBF Frankly, I find that the phrase adds little to the sentence.
  • I'd scratch it.
  • However, after overwhelming and traumatic , I think that but would be better than and , because rewarding and therapeutic offer feelings about the experience that are contrary in nature to the first two adjectives.
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PeaceblinkfriendHi all

I am not sure where I should place this phrase, which goes with 'traumatic'.

A: "It was an overwhelming, traumatic, for lack of a better word, and ultimately rewarding and theraputic experience."

Thank you

PBF

Frankly, I find that the phrase adds little to the
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Thank you for replying Philip.

Yes, 'but' is certainly the more appropriate word there. Hmm, just wondering, what if the experience was not as traumatic as what the word traumatic usually implies?

Thank you again

PBF
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PeaceblinkfriendThank you for replying Philip.

Yes, 'but' is certainly the more appropriate word there. Hmm, just wondering, what if the experience was not as traumatic as what the word traumatic usually implies?

Thank you again

PBF

Troubling and upsetting come to mind. However, if the experience was "overwhelming", I
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