Timeline for How should I say it if I want someone to read an article?
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| Apr 20, 2020 at 14:47 | comment | added | HeWhoMustBeNamed | @userr2684291: I believe you were completely right when you said in your first comment that the semicolon makes the sentence sound unnatural. Can you explain why you think now that you were mistaken? | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 19:00 | history | edited | user3395 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
edited so that I could upvote
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| Jan 7, 2020 at 19:00 | comment | added | user3395 | @NoamanAli You know what, I'm wrong, and thanks for asking. I don't know why it appeared to me that way. Sorry about that. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 18:18 | comment | added | Noaman Ali | @userr2684291 Can you corroborate? | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 17:43 | comment | added | user3395 | The semi-colon makes the sentence sound unnatural. (–1) | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 17:00 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Jan 7, 2020 at 15:03 | comment | added | Noaman Ali | @puppetsockreinstateMonica 'If only' is adherent only to the first clause of the sentence. '...worthwhile' is the latter clause. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 15:01 | comment | added | Noaman Ali | @naasif Yes, that sentence is constructed wrongly. You could write 'I wish I could get my teachers to read that article; it'd [certainly] be worthwhile.' I've redacted 'if,' because the sentence gives rise to ambiguity. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 14:57 | comment | added | Noaman Ali | @puppetsockreinstateMonica Like I said, there are a myriad ways of constructing this sentence. I merely made it more succinct. It's grammatical. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 14:52 | comment | added | naasif | @NoamanAli Actually I ain't very used to this 'if only' stuff. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 14:45 | comment | added | naasif | @NoamanAli So, if I say, I wish if I could get my teachers to read that article, that would be worthwhile. Is there any wrong? | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 14:42 | comment | added | puppetsock | "If only" and "I wish" are not exactly the same. The general meaning is still conveyed, a desire that the article is read. But "if only" does not really go along with "worthwhile" here. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 14:36 | comment | added | Noaman Ali | @naasif That's not relevant. Nobody on the website certifies themselves as one. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 14:34 | comment | added | naasif | If I'm not wrong, you are a native speaker in English right? | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 14:21 | history | answered | Noaman Ali | CC BY-SA 4.0 |