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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Two claims: one . . .

Hello. Is the following construction odd? Thank you very much.

Lee makes two claims: one that society is a mirror of individual decisions; the other that society calls for collective awareness.

  

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anonymous Is the following construction odd? Yes. I would change it to Lee makes two claims—that society is a mirror of individual decisions and that society calls for collective awareness.

  • anonymous Is the following construction odd?
  • Yes.
  • I would change it to Lee makes two claims—that society is a mirror of individual decisions and that society calls for collective awareness.
  • Of course, seeing it in the larger context would probably make me want to change it again.
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anonymous Is the following construction odd?

Yes. I would change it to

Lee makes two claims—that society is a mirror of individual decisions and that society calls for collective awareness.

Of course, seeing it in the larger context would probably make me want to change it again.

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