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Albina Pandeeva Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Word order in sentence
And no one could even imagine, that there*, behind the image of everybody’s pal, *have always been an inner conflict and constant attempts of self-definition.
Is it OK? or should I write :
And no one could even imagine, that , behind the image of everybody’s pal, there have always been an inner conflict and constant attempts of self-definition.
Is it OK? or should I write :
And no one could even imagine, that , behind the image of everybody’s pal, there have always been an inner conflict and constant attempts of self-definition.
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Both are OK. #2 is perhaps simpler. And no one could even imagine no comma that, behind the image of everybody’s pal, there have always been an inner conflict and constant attempts at self-definition.
- Both are OK.
- #2 is perhaps simpler.
- And no one could even imagine no comma that, behind the image of everybody’s pal, there have always been an inner conflict and constant attempts at self-definition.
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Both are OK. #2 is perhaps simpler.
And no one could even imagine no comma that, behind the image of everybody’s pal, there have always been an inner conflict and constant attempts at self-definition.
And no one could even imagine no comma that, behind the image of everybody’s pal, there have always been an inner conflict and constant attempts at self-definition.
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The first version reads awkwardly to me, as if "there" cannot decide whether it is locative or part of the set phrase "there have been" expressing existence. The second version fixes this.
It should be "attempts at self-definition". For me, "imagine" does not quite seem to justify the emphasis of "even". Even though "have" appears justified, I would actually naturally use "has".
It should be "attempts at self-definition". For me, "imagine" does not quite seem to justify the emphasis of "even". Even though "have" appears justified, I would actually naturally use "has".
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