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HifaMo Posted 12 years ago
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up to this moment of writing
Please is the following sentence correct?
The child, up to this moment of writing, is still very sick.
Thank you
The child, up to this moment of writing, is still very sick.
Thank you
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I don't think "still" and "up to" quite work together. I suggest: The child, at the time of writing, is still very sick.
- I don't think "still" and "up to" quite work together.
- I suggest: The child, at the time of writing, is still very sick.
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I don't think "still" and "up to" quite work together. I suggest:
The child, at the time of writing, is still very sick.
The child, at the time of writing, is still very sick.
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HifaMoWhat about 'until the time of writing'?Thank you.That does not work very well either. "until" has a nuance of change, while "still" has a nuance of no change.
Until yesterday, the child was very sick. Now she is a little improved.
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HifaMoThe child, up to this moment of writing, is still very sick.I don't see anything inherently worse in the original version beyond the number of words. This could be solved much more decidedly by simply deleting the unnecessary phrase—with no loss of information:
The child is still very sick.
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