Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Student & one(substitution)
1. Marco is certainly a clever Italian student of English, but Paolo is an absolutely brilliant one.
2. Marco is certainly a clever Italian student of English, but Paolo is an absolutely brilliant student.
Is 'student' in #2 the same as 'one' in #1? (that means 'student' in #2 cannot means, for example, a student of geography?)
2. Marco is certainly a clever Italian student of English, but Paolo is an absolutely brilliant student.
Is 'student' in #2 the same as 'one' in #1? (that means 'student' in #2 cannot means, for example, a student of geography?)
Top answer
No. #2 is both poorly composed and ambiguous as to the 2nd 'student'.
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No. #2 is both poorly composed and ambiguous as to the 2nd 'student'.
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Oh really? I don't feel good since for my exam I should study this kind of Syntax that doesn't sound OK to native speakers.
Anyway,
Could you please tell me how those two sentences can avoid ambiguity and be composed nicely?
Anyway,
Could you please tell me how those two sentences can avoid ambiguity and be composed nicely?
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1. Marco is certainly a clever Italian student of English, but Paolo is an absolutely brilliant one.
2. Marco is certainly a clever Italian student of English, but Paolo is an absolutely brilliant student of the language.
2. Marco is certainly a clever Italian student of English, but Paolo is an absolutely brilliant student of the language.
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