ChatterBank24 mins ago
Which sentence is best and why?
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The poem reveals three voices talking about the effects of hard work in the fields on their bodies.
The poem reveals three voices talking about the effects on their bodies of hard work in the fields.
The poem reveals three voices talking about the effects on their bodies of hard work in the fields.
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Both could be misleading ............ . better would be:
The poem reveals three voices talking about the effects hard work in the fields can have on their bodies.
The poem reveals three voices talking about the effects hard work in the fields can have on their bodies.
08:58 Mon 11th Jul 2011
The second is better than the first. Grammar says you can only have a "best" of anything if you are comparing three or more. As you are only comparing two then the question should be "which is better?"
I am genuinely not nitpicking...but you asked a question about English usage so I thought you might like to know.....
I am genuinely not nitpicking...but you asked a question about English usage so I thought you might like to know.....