BPGas Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Order of Words
Hi, 1st-time poster! This isn't really a rule question. More of a writing question.
I'm writing about the stock market. I'm talking about an investing strategy of going AGAINST the market.
So my 1st sentence: "But nor do I necessarily subscribe to such methods." (Those methods being the ones that go AGAINST the market.)
Then the tentative! beginning of the very next sentence: "Whether investing alongside or against the …"
My question is should it be "… alongside or against" or "… against or alongside?"
Usually I think it'd be "alongside or against" (going from a positive to a negative, and it just sounds better), but since the immediately preceding sentence was talking specifically about going AGAINST the market I'm now confused?
I say it to myself over and over, can't get a handle. I'm too deep in the forest to see the trees! Help? Thanks! —BP
I'm writing about the stock market. I'm talking about an investing strategy of going AGAINST the market.
So my 1st sentence: "But nor do I necessarily subscribe to such methods." (Those methods being the ones that go AGAINST the market.)
Then the tentative! beginning of the very next sentence: "Whether investing alongside or against the …"
My question is should it be "… alongside or against" or "… against or alongside?"
Usually I think it'd be "alongside or against" (going from a positive to a negative, and it just sounds better), but since the immediately preceding sentence was talking specifically about going AGAINST the market I'm now confused?
I say it to myself over and over, can't get a handle. I'm too deep in the forest to see the trees! Help? Thanks! —BP
Top answer
Hi, BPGas. Welcome to EnglishForward! After a paragraph discussing why you should invest against the market, the slightly awkward contrariness of saying "against or alongside" seems entirely appropriate.
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Hi, BPGas. Welcome to EnglishForward!
After a paragraph discussing why you should invest against the market, the slightly awkward contrariness of saying "against or alongside" seems entirely appropriate.
After a paragraph discussing why you should invest against the market, the slightly awkward contrariness of saying "against or alongside" seems entirely appropriate.
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Investing alongside sounds a bit odd to me, unless it is some kind of recognized jargon.
I'd consider investing with or against the market
I'd consider investing with or against the market
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