14:27 Feb 8, 2017 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Linguistics / meaning of 'it' as used here | |||||||
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| Selected response from: philgoddard United States | ||||||
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4 +6 | see my explanation |
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it would have been just as needed and appropriate see my explanation Explanation: "I thought the attending [which, for non-US readers, is short for attending physician] was acting so strangely that we should have taken him to the psychiatric clinic along with the patient." I agree that it's awkwardly worded - we would normally say "just as necessary" rather than "just as needed". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2017-02-08 14:34:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- He's acting strangely because he's ignoring the seizure. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2017-02-08 15:57:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I see what you mean now. You're saying that "it" should be in quotation marks. I think my interpretation is more likely, because the writer clarifies that "him" means the patient, not the doctor. If your version were correct, they wouldn't need to say "the patient". |
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