Timeline for Is the phrase "Knowing what it is by which they somewhat trust you" grammatically correct?
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| Feb 4, 2016 at 21:17 | history | edited | Jasper |
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| Feb 3, 2016 at 17:56 | vote | accept | Makoto Kato | ||
| Feb 3, 2016 at 17:47 | vote | accept | Makoto Kato | ||
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| Feb 3, 2016 at 10:46 | comment | added | TimR | @user3169: How are they judged? Why are they trusted? The example is not a good one. By suggests instrumentality, which is not impossible in the original quote, true, especially since it's talking about deviousness of some kind. You could get someone to trust you by appearing to be acting not in your own interest but in theirs. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 23:56 | comment | added | user3169 | @TRomano Using by which is OK though. For example, "The standards by which people are judged." | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 23:49 | answer | added | TimR | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 23:40 | comment | added | Makoto Kato | @stangdon Yes, that's what I meant to say. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 23:37 | answer | added | BlueDot | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 23:37 | comment | added | TimR | We normally trust people for a reason, not by. ...for which they somewhat... though "why" or "the reason why" would be more succinct than "what it is for which". | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 23:35 | comment | added | stangdon | I think the phrase is grammatically correct, but not really used in the right way. The whole sentence is such word salad it's hard to figure out if it's correct or not. I'm guessing it's supposed to mean something like "If, because you know what it is that makes them trust you, you use that thing to preserve your status, then shame on you"? | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 23:30 | history | edited | Makoto Kato | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 2, 2016 at 23:17 | comment | added | user3169 | I don't see any grammar issue. | |
| Feb 2, 2016 at 22:57 | history | edited | Makoto Kato | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 2, 2016 at 22:37 | history | asked | Makoto Kato | CC BY-SA 3.0 |