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Sextus Posted 21 years ago
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Which (to MrP)
Hi again MrP.
You suggested that I should rewrite this sentence "She has affirmed that A is B, which means...", and I wrote "She has affirmed that A is B; this means...". To be honest, I didn't get why "which" doesn't work.
By the way, what about the following sentence:
"A has maintained that ethical skepticism is essentially local, which gave rise to B's objection".
Cheers,
Sextus
You suggested that I should rewrite this sentence "She has affirmed that A is B, which means...", and I wrote "She has affirmed that A is B; this means...". To be honest, I didn't get why "which" doesn't work.
By the way, what about the following sentence:
"A has maintained that ethical skepticism is essentially local, which gave rise to B's objection".
Cheers,
Sextus
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Hello Sextus Can you remind me of the context for the first quote? (I don't understand why "which" doesn't work either, rereading it! ) With the second A and B, would it work (in context) if you brought the tenses forward?
- Hello Sextus Can you remind me of the context for the first quote?
- (I don't understand why "which" doesn't work either, rereading it!
- ) With the second A and B, would it work (in context) if you brought the tenses forward?
- e.
- "A maintains that ethical skepticism is essentially local, which has given rise to B's objection".
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Hello Sextus
Can you remind me of the context for the first quote? (I don't understand why "which" doesn't work either, rereading it! – unless A and B are quite long phrases.)
With the second A and B, would it work (in context) if you brought the tenses forward? i.e.
"A maintains that ethical skepticism is essentially local, which has given rise to B's objection".
Can you remind me of the context for the first quote? (I don't understand why "which" doesn't work either, rereading it! – unless A and B are quite long phrases.)
With the second A and B, would it work (in context) if you brought the tenses forward? i.e.
"A maintains that ethical skepticism is essentially local, which has given rise to B's objection".
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1) This is the context of the first sentence:
"Julia Annas has affirmed that the kind of contemporary ethical skepticism which denies the existence of objective moral values is essentially local; this means that it is based upon a worldview that is itself immune to skepticism."
So I suppose that you suggested not to use "which" because the sentence is very long.
2) Regar
"Julia Annas has affirmed that the kind of contemporary ethical skepticism which denies the existence of objective moral values is essentially local; this means that it is based upon a worldview that is itself immune to skepticism."
So I suppose that you suggested not to use "which" because the sentence is very long.
2) Regar
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Yes, I think it's a question of giving the reader time to regroup. Also, the repeated "which" might confuse.
The second sentence looks fine in your original version.
See you,
MrP
The second sentence looks fine in your original version.
See you,
MrP
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