Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
rather
Dear Teachers ,
Let’s refer to the following two sentences as the example ,
a) I’ve never regarded these awards as an acquisition of power or fame , “rather”, it is more of a responsibility for me to do better things.
b) In particular, then , for random sampling without replacement , the number of members obtained that have the specified attribute is not a binomial random variable , “rather” , it is a hypergeometric random variable.
After a thorough observation , I presume that the word “rather” on both context have approximate meanings with “on the contrary”.Does my presumption correct? Is this style (concerning “rather”as a conjunction) is common and practicable in formal english ?
Let’s refer to the following two sentences as the example ,
a) I’ve never regarded these awards as an acquisition of power or fame , “rather”, it is more of a responsibility for me to do better things.
b) In particular, then , for random sampling without replacement , the number of members obtained that have the specified attribute is not a binomial random variable , “rather” , it is a hypergeometric random variable.
After a thorough observation , I presume that the word “rather” on both context have approximate meanings with “on the contrary”.Does my presumption correct? Is this style (concerning “rather”as a conjunction) is common and practicable in formal english ?
Top answer
It's perfectly fine to use "rather" this way, meaning "on the contrary". Note that the negative clause comes first, then "rather", then the affirmative. CJ
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It's perfectly fine to use "rather" this way, meaning "on the contrary". Note that the negative clause comes first, then "rather", then the affirmative.
CJ
CJ
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