Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
as I saw and thought about them,
English answer:
as I saw them and thought about them,
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2014-12-15 13:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Dec 12, 2014 11:50
9 yrs ago
English term
as I saw and thought about them,
Non-PRO
Not for points
English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
How is correct in English:
as I saw and thought about them,
or
as I saw them and thought about them
Kindly advise
Thank you.
as I saw and thought about them,
or
as I saw them and thought about them
Kindly advise
Thank you.
Responses
| 3 +5 | as I saw them and thought about them, |
Jack Doughty
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| 4 +3 | as I saw and thought about them, |
B D Finch
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Responses
+5
22 mins
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
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English
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
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as I saw them and thought about them,
In my opinion this is preferable and clearer, though the version without the first "them" is not grammatically wrong.
Peer comment(s):
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Victoria Britten
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Thank you.
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Charles Davis
: I'm inclined to agree
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Thank you.
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writeaway
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Thank you.
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Terry Richards
: In an engineering context, I would choose this one, it's clearer.
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Thank you.
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acetran
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Thank you.
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+3
1 hr
as I saw and thought about them,
This is the more literary version and given the (limited) context you have provided, likely to be stylistically preferable.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-12-12 13:10:48 GMT)
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The fact that you give the three line context with those line breaks also indicates that this is meant to flow poetically, which the expanded version does not.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-12-12 13:10:48 GMT)
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The fact that you give the three line context with those line breaks also indicates that this is meant to flow poetically, which the expanded version does not.
Peer comment(s):
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Terry Richards
: In a poetic/literary context, I would choose this one, it reads better. Unfortunately there's no "agree a bit more" button :)
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Thanks Terry. It is "Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting", not engineering.// That's OK, the :) does it!
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Tina Vonhof (X)
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Thanks Tina
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Charles Davis
: I really can't decide which would be better, but this would certainly be good
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Thanks Charles
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Discussion
Many thanks!
as I saw and thought about them,
pen in hand
as I saw and thought about them, (the facts)